diff --git a/cmd/kubent/main.go b/cmd/kubent/main.go
index d9f93d79..d601f832 100644
--- a/cmd/kubent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kubent/main.go
@@ -36,16 +36,19 @@ func generateUserAgent() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("kubent (%s/%s)", version, gitSha)
 }
 
-func getCollectors(collectors []collector.Collector) []map[string]interface{} {
+func getCollectors(collectors []collector.Collector, exitIfError bool) []map[string]interface{} {
 	var inputs []map[string]interface{}
 	for _, c := range collectors {
 		rs, err := c.Get()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error().Err(err).Str("name", c.Name()).Msg("Failed to retrieve data from collector")
-		} else {
-			inputs = append(inputs, rs...)
-			log.Info().Str("name", c.Name()).Msgf("Retrieved %d resources from collector", len(rs))
+			if exitIfError {
+				os.Exit(EXIT_CODE_FAIL_GENERIC)
+			}
+			continue
 		}
+		inputs = append(inputs, rs...)
+		log.Info().Str("name", c.Name()).Msgf("Retrieved %d resources from collector", len(rs))
 	}
 	return inputs
 }
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ func main() {
 		log.Info().Msgf("Target K8s version is %s", config.TargetVersion.String())
 	}
 
-	collectors := getCollectors(initCollectors)
+	collectors := getCollectors(initCollectors, config.ExitError)
 
 	// this could probably use some error checking in future, but
 	// schema.ParseKindArg does not return any error
diff --git a/cmd/kubent/main_test.go b/cmd/kubent/main_test.go
index 80fc2195..c9549e7d 100644
--- a/cmd/kubent/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubent/main_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestGetCollectors(t *testing.T) {
 	initCollectors := []collector.Collector{}
 	initCollectors = append(initCollectors, fileCollector)
 
-	collectors := getCollectors(initCollectors)
+	collectors := getCollectors(initCollectors, false)
 
 	if collectors != nil && len(collectors) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("Did not get file collector correctly with error: %s", err)
diff --git a/pkg/collector/cluster.go b/pkg/collector/cluster.go
index 6ce73904..9e371e4a 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/cluster.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (c *ClusterCollector) Get() ([]map[string]interface{}, error) {
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Retrieving: %s.%s.%s", g.Resource, g.Version, g.Group)
 		rs, err := ri.List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{})
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Debug().Msgf("Failed to retrieve: %s: %s", g, err)
+			log.Warn().Msgf("Failed to retrieve: %s: %s", g, err)
 			continue
 		}