diff --git a/cmd/deceptifeed/main.go b/cmd/deceptifeed/main.go
index 5f08979..85308b9 100644
--- a/cmd/deceptifeed/main.go
+++ b/cmd/deceptifeed/main.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(*configPath) > 0 {
 		cfgFromFile, err := config.Load(*configPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalln("Failed to load config:", err)
+			log.Fatalln("Shutting down. Failed to load configuration file:", err)
 		}
 		cfg = *cfgFromFile
 	} else {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Initialize structured loggers for each honeypot server.
 	err := cfg.InitializeLoggers()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Shutting down. Error: ", err)
+		log.Fatalln("Shutting down. Failed to initialize logging:", err)
 	}
 	defer cfg.CloseLogFiles()
 
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 79b7c8a..305e6a1 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func Load(filename string) (*Config, error) {
 	xmlBytes, _ := io.ReadAll(file)
 	err = xml.Unmarshal(xmlBytes, &config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode XML file: %w", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	for i := range config.Servers {