diff --git a/logs/parser/parser.go b/logs/parser/parser.go
index 291e98d..0a59a5c 100644
--- a/logs/parser/parser.go
+++ b/logs/parser/parser.go
@@ -13,20 +13,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ReadLogEntries reads log entries from log files and returns them as a slice of LogEntry.
-func ReadLogEntries(optionalFileName ...string) ([]entity.LogEntry, error) {
+func ReadLogEntries() ([]entity.LogEntry, error) {
 	var logFiles []string
 	var err error
 
-	if len(optionalFileName) > 0 {
-		logFiles = optionalFileName
-    fmt.Println("passed log file: ", logFiles)
-	} else {
-		logFiles, err = listAndFilterLogFiles("data/source/*")
-    fmt.Println("read files from fs")
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+	logFiles, err = listAndFilterLogFiles("data/source/*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+	fmt.Println("found files: ", logFiles)
 
 	var entries []entity.LogEntry
 	for _, logFile := range logFiles {
diff --git a/logs_import/cmd/cli.go b/logs_import/cmd/cli.go
index 5548a3c..e60aefd 100644
--- a/logs_import/cmd/cli.go
+++ b/logs_import/cmd/cli.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,36 +19,37 @@ var ImportLogsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Read logs from the log file and import them into the database",
 	Args:  cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		var fileName string
-		if len(args) > 0 {
-			fileName = args[0]
-		}
-
-		entries, err := parser.ReadLogEntries(fileName)
+		entries, err := parser.ReadLogEntries()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+			log.Println(err)
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
 		h, err := db.NewDBHandler()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+			log.Println(err)
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		defer h.Close()
 
 		for _, entry := range entries {
 			date, _ := strconv.Atoi(time.Time(entry.Time).Format("20060102"))
+      fmt.Println(date)
 			exists, err := h.Exists(date, entry)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
+				log.Println(err)
+				os.Exit(1)
 			}
 			if !exists {
 				if err := h.Write(date, entry); err != nil {
-					log.Fatal(err)
+					log.Println(err)
+					os.Exit(1)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
 		fmt.Println("\033[32mLogs successfully imported!\033[0m")
+		os.Exit(0)
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/logs_import/go.mod b/logs_import/go.mod
index ebbca86..012693b 100644
--- a/logs_import/go.mod
+++ b/logs_import/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs_import
 go 1.23.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs v0.0.0-20250124073805-d0d2d0625966
+	github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs v0.0.0-20250124170444-f1742e7bba0f
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 )
 
diff --git a/logs_import/go.sum b/logs_import/go.sum
index 9f6363a..135d8cf 100644
--- a/logs_import/go.sum
+++ b/logs_import/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs v0.0.0-20250124073805-d0d2d0625966 h1:k30sj2cDThdi76kavTN6w/ZDxTWg9PMKErRXzh7fyW0=
 github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs v0.0.0-20250124073805-d0d2d0625966/go.mod h1:2uw8MX5qdiQauGUtx4TmR3ZK06fykF7rRVKLqi2LxSY=
+github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs v0.0.0-20250124170444-f1742e7bba0f h1:YYzuIO6RNnPTYhNJ2qqsdj9HmBZ5RxKUWyhu8hNIQ7Q=
+github.com/abaldeweg/warehouse-server/logs v0.0.0-20250124170444-f1742e7bba0f/go.mod h1:2uw8MX5qdiQauGUtx4TmR3ZK06fykF7rRVKLqi2LxSY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=