diff --git a/hrp/boomer.go b/hrp/boomer.go
index 9a1d20fa..f66679d3 100644
--- a/hrp/boomer.go
+++ b/hrp/boomer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package hrp
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -42,14 +43,16 @@ func (b *HRPBoomer) Run(testcases ...ITestCase) {
 	// load all testcases
 	testCases, err := loadTestCases(testcases...)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed to load testcases")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	for _, testcase := range testCases {
 		cfg := testcase.Config
 		err = initParameterIterator(cfg, "boomer")
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed to init parameter iterator")
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		rendezvousList := initRendezvous(testcase, int64(b.GetSpawnCount()))
 		task := b.convertBoomerTask(testcase, rendezvousList)
diff --git a/hrp/internal/builtin/utils.go b/hrp/internal/builtin/utils.go
index 6f8b4442..2e70f906 100644
--- a/hrp/internal/builtin/utils.go
+++ b/hrp/internal/builtin/utils.go
@@ -227,14 +227,14 @@ func loadFromCSV(path string) []map[string]interface{} {
 	file, err := readFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("read csv file failed")
-		panic(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	r := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(string(file)))
 	content, err := r.ReadAll()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("parse csv file failed")
-		panic(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	var result []map[string]interface{}
 	for i := 1; i < len(content); i++ {
diff --git a/hrp/runner_test.go b/hrp/runner_test.go
index df09eb88..5ea57e51 100644
--- a/hrp/runner_test.go
+++ b/hrp/runner_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ func buildHashicorpGoPlugin() {
 	cmd := exec.Command("go", "build",
 		"-o", templatesDir+"debugtalk.bin", templatesDir+"plugin/debugtalk.go")
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("build hashicorp go plugin failed")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ func buildHashicorpPyPlugin() {
 	pluginFile := templatesDir + "debugtalk.py"
 	err := scaffold.CopyFile("templates/plugin/debugtalk.py", pluginFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("build hashicorp python plugin failed")
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }