diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-composer/composer.go b/cmd/osbuild-composer/composer.go
index 2ea508a1a..b5ca1b962 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-composer/composer.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-composer/composer.go
@@ -192,11 +192,11 @@ func (c *Composer) InitRemoteWorkers(cert, key string, enableTLS bool, enableMTL
 func (c *Composer) Start() error {
 	// sanity checks
 	if c.localWorkerListener == nil && c.workerListener == nil {
-		log.Fatal("neither the local worker socket nor the remote worker socket is enabled, osbuild-composer is useless without workers")
+		logrus.Fatal("neither the local worker socket nor the remote worker socket is enabled, osbuild-composer is useless without workers")
 	}
 
 	if c.apiListener == nil && c.weldrListener == nil {
-		log.Fatal("neither the weldr API socket nor the composer API socket is enabled, osbuild-composer is useless without one of these APIs enabled")
+		logrus.Fatal("neither the weldr API socket nor the composer API socket is enabled, osbuild-composer is useless without one of these APIs enabled")
 	}
 
 	if c.localWorkerListener != nil {