diff --git a/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go b/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go
index 95c9470dd..8261d26a1 100644
--- a/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func NewControllerManagerCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			WebhookCertDir:        s.WebhookCertDir,
 		}
 	} else {
-		klog.Fatal("Failed to load configuration from disk", err)
+		klog.Fatalf("Failed to load configuration from disk: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/cmd/ks-apiserver/app/server.go b/cmd/ks-apiserver/app/server.go
index 19c1b8ac2..8f3456952 100644
--- a/cmd/ks-apiserver/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/ks-apiserver/app/server.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func NewAPIServerCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	if err == nil {
 		s.Config = conf
 	} else {
-		klog.Fatal("Failed to load configuration from disk", err)
+		klog.Fatalf("Failed to load configuration from disk: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/config/config.go b/pkg/apiserver/config/config.go
index aee9996e8..52f27084c 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/config/config.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (c *config) watchConfig() <-chan Config {
 		viper.OnConfigChange(func(in fsnotify.Event) {
 			cfg := New()
 			if err := viper.Unmarshal(cfg); err != nil {
-				klog.Warning("config reload error", err)
+				klog.Warningf("config reload error: %v", err)
 			} else {
 				c.cfgChangeCh <- *cfg
 			}
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ func (c *config) loadFromDisk() (*Config, error) {
 	var err error
 	c.loadOnce.Do(func() {
 		if err = viper.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
-			if _, ok := err.(viper.ConfigFileNotFoundError); !ok {
-				err = fmt.Errorf("error parsing configuration file %s", err)
-			}
+			return
 		}
 		err = viper.Unmarshal(c.cfg)
 	})