diff --git a/config/cmd/cmd.go b/config/cmd/cmd.go
index 988ab2b0..a93abf09 100644
--- a/config/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/config/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -668,7 +668,9 @@ func (c *cmd) Before(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	// verify the auth's service account
 	if err := authutil.Verify(*c.opts.Auth); err != nil {
-		logger.Fatalf("Error generating auth account: %v", err)
+		if logger.V(logger.DebugLevel, logger.DefaultLogger) {
+			logger.Debugf("Auth [%v] Error generating auth account: %v", (*c.opts.Auth), err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Setup broker options.
diff --git a/util/auth/auth.go b/util/auth/auth.go
index ccc6cbff..454a2d61 100644
--- a/util/auth/auth.go
+++ b/util/auth/auth.go
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ func Verify(a auth.Auth) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		logger.Debugf("Auth [%v] Generated an auth account", a.String())
+		if logger.V(logger.DebugLevel, logger.DefaultLogger) {
+			logger.Debugf("Auth [%v] Generated an auth account", a.String())
+		}
 
 		accID = acc.ID
 		accSecret = acc.Secret