diff --git a/examples/llava/clip.cpp b/examples/llava/clip.cpp
index aae49c965e905..7ba4cea58e80b 100644
--- a/examples/llava/clip.cpp
+++ b/examples/llava/clip.cpp
@@ -40,10 +40,17 @@
 #include <cinttypes>
 #include <limits>
 
-#define LOG_INF(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#define LOG_WRN(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#define LOG_ERR(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#define LOG_DBG(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#if defined(LLAVA_LOG_OFF)
+#   define LOG_INF(...)
+#   define LOG_WRN(...)
+#   define LOG_ERR(...)
+#   define LOG_DBG(...)
+#else // defined(LLAVA_LOG_OFF)
+#   define LOG_INF(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#   define LOG_WRN(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#   define LOG_ERR(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#   define LOG_DBG(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#endif // defined(LLAVA_LOG_OFF)
 
 //#define CLIP_DEBUG_FUNCTIONS
 
diff --git a/examples/llava/llava.cpp b/examples/llava/llava.cpp
index be69885408433..4ca53a0b883b9 100644
--- a/examples/llava/llava.cpp
+++ b/examples/llava/llava.cpp
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <vector>
 
-#define die(msg)          do { fputs("error: " msg "\n", stderr);                exit(1); } while (0)
-#define die_fmt(fmt, ...) do { fprintf(stderr, "error: " fmt "\n", __VA_ARGS__); exit(1); } while (0)
-
-#define LOG_INF(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#define LOG_WRN(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#define LOG_ERR(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
-#define LOG_DBG(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#if defined(LLAVA_LOG_OFF)
+#   define LOG_INF(...)
+#   define LOG_WRN(...)
+#   define LOG_ERR(...)
+#   define LOG_DBG(...)
+#else // defined(LLAVA_LOG_OFF)
+#   define LOG_INF(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#   define LOG_WRN(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#   define LOG_ERR(...) do { fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#   define LOG_DBG(...) do { fprintf(stdout, __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
+#endif // defined(LLAVA_LOG_OFF)
 
 // RGB uint8 image
 struct clip_image_u8 {
@@ -498,10 +502,16 @@ static bool load_file_to_bytes(const char* path, unsigned char** bytesOut, long
     errno = 0;
     size_t ret = fread(buffer, 1, fileSize, file); // Read the file into the buffer
     if (ferror(file)) {
-        die_fmt("read error: %s", strerror(errno));
+        LOG_ERR("read error: %s", strerror(errno));
+        free(buffer);
+        fclose(file);
+        return false;
     }
     if (ret != (size_t) fileSize) {
-        die("unexpectedly reached end of file");
+        LOG_ERR("unexpectedly reached end of file");
+        free(buffer);
+        fclose(file);
+        return false;
     }
     fclose(file); // Close the file