diff --git a/cmd/createSnapshot.go b/cmd/createSnapshot.go
index 50cad5eb..1c3ae562 100644
--- a/cmd/createSnapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/createSnapshot.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 var createSnapshotCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ var createSnapshotCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		}
 
 		if err := svc.CreateSnapshot(); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create snapshot: %w", err)
+			l.Sugar().Fatal("failed to create snapshot", zap.Error(err))
 		}
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/cmd/restoreSnapshot.go b/cmd/restoreSnapshot.go
index 66588c9d..6eaea4cd 100644
--- a/cmd/restoreSnapshot.go
+++ b/cmd/restoreSnapshot.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Follow the snapshot docs if you need to convert the snapshot to a different sche
 		}
 
 		if err := svc.RestoreSnapshot(); err != nil {
-			l.Fatal("failed to restore snapshot", zap.Error(err))
+			l.Sugar().Fatal("failed to restore snapshot", zap.Error(err))
 		}
 
 		return nil