diff --git a/clients/rancher/v1/client.go b/clients/rancher/v1/client.go
index 7b99632a..c23cc1f6 100644
--- a/clients/rancher/v1/client.go
+++ b/clients/rancher/v1/client.go
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ func (c *Client) ProxyDownstream(clusterID string) (*Client, error) {
 	updatedOpts.URL = proxyHost
 
 	baseClient, err := clientbase.NewAPIClient(&updatedOpts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating Proxy Client. Backoff error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -219,9 +215,7 @@ func (c *SteveClient) ListAll(params url.Values) (*SteveCollection, error) {
 		resp = next
 		resp.Data = data
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return resp, err
-	}
+
 	return resp, err
 }
 
@@ -375,9 +369,7 @@ func (c *NamespacedSteveClient) ListAll(params url.Values) (*SteveCollection, er
 		resp = next
 		resp.Data = data
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return resp, err
-	}
+
 	return resp, err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 21b995a8..9d21cf53 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ func LoadConfig(key string, config interface{}) {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	scoped := all[key]
+	scoped, ok := all[key]
+	if !ok {
+		logrus.Infof("Key %s not present in provided config", key)
+	}
 	scopedString, err := yaml.Marshal(scoped)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/pkg/config/operations/operations.go b/pkg/config/operations/operations.go
index 21b48e8e..68f7feff 100644
--- a/pkg/config/operations/operations.go
+++ b/pkg/config/operations/operations.go
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ package operations
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func GetValue(keyPath []string, searchMap map[string]any) (any, error) {
 	if len(keyPath) == 1 {
 		keypathvalues, ok := searchMap[keyPath[0]]
 		if !ok {
-			err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("expected key does not exist: %s", keyPath[0]))
+			err = fmt.Errorf("expected key does not exist: %s", keyPath[0])
 		}
 		return keypathvalues, err
 	} else {
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ func GetValue(keyPath []string, searchMap map[string]any) (any, error) {
 
 // LoadObjectFromMap unmarshals a specific key's value into an object
 func LoadObjectFromMap(key string, config map[string]any, object any) {
-	keyConfig := config[key]
+	keyConfig, ok := config[key]
+	if !ok {
+		logrus.Infof("Key %s not present in provided config", key)
+	}
+
 	scopedString, err := yaml.Marshal(keyConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)