diff --git a/internal/controller/controller.go b/internal/controller/controller.go
index bd7d70d..a482a9a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/controller.go
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ func (s *scanner) DeletePod(obj interface{}) {
 		"namespace": pod.Namespace,
 		"name":      pod.Name,
 	}).Debug("pod deleted")
-	// skip "Failed" pods with UnsupportedPodSpec reason (e.g. DaemonSet pods on Fargate)
-	if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed && pod.Status.Reason == "UnsupportedPodSpec" {
+	// skip "Failed" pods (e.g. DaemonSet pods on Fargate)
+	if pod.Status.Phase == v1.PodFailed {
 		s.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 			"namespace": pod.Namespace,
 			"name":      pod.Name,
-		}).Debug("skipped failed pod with UnsupportedPodSpec")
+			"reason":    pod.Status.Reason,
+		}).Debug("skipped failed pod ")
 		return
 	}
 	// get the node info from the cache
diff --git a/internal/usage/record.go b/internal/usage/record.go
index d03ceff..9c0c303 100644
--- a/internal/usage/record.go
+++ b/internal/usage/record.go
@@ -214,11 +214,13 @@ func GetPodInfo(log *logrus.Entry, pod *v1.Pod, beginTime, endTime time.Time, no
 	// set pod measured time
 	record.BeginTime = beginTime
 	record.EndTime = endTime
-	// copy pod start time
-	record.StartTime = pod.Status.StartTime.Time
-	// update pod begin time to the earliest pod start time
-	if record.StartTime.After(beginTime) {
-		record.BeginTime = record.StartTime
+	// copy pod start time if available
+	if pod.Status.StartTime != nil {
+		record.StartTime = pod.Status.StartTime.Time
+		// update pod begin time to the earliest pod start time
+		if record.StartTime.After(beginTime) {
+			record.BeginTime = record.StartTime
+		}
 	}
 	if node != nil {
 		// patch fargate node info from pod annotations, if needed