diff --git a/cmd/gen.go b/cmd/gen.go
index c3e1b9471..d65c2fd20 100644
--- a/cmd/gen.go
+++ b/cmd/gen.go
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/recipe"
-	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // GenCmd creates a command object for the "gen" action
-func GenCmd(lg log.Logger) *cobra.Command {
+func GenCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		outputDirPath string
 		dataFilePath  string
diff --git a/cmd/info.go b/cmd/info.go
index 5b8824309..13c035074 100644
--- a/cmd/info.go
+++ b/cmd/info.go
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/registry"
-	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/printer"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/term"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // InfoCmd creates a command object for get info about a plugin
-func InfoCmd(lg log.Logger) *cobra.Command {
+func InfoCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "info <command>",
 		Short: "Display plugin information",
diff --git a/cmd/lint.go b/cmd/lint.go
index ca0c7327e..5e944778c 100644
--- a/cmd/lint.go
+++ b/cmd/lint.go
@@ -5,22 +5,20 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins"
-
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/agent"
-	"github.com/odpf/meteor/metrics"
+	"github.com/odpf/meteor/config"
+	"github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/recipe"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/registry"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/printer"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/term"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // LintCmd creates a command object for linting recipes
-func LintCmd(lg log.Logger, mt *metrics.StatsdMonitor) *cobra.Command {
+func LintCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		report   [][]string
 		success  = 0
@@ -50,12 +48,19 @@ func LintCmd(lg log.Logger, mt *metrics.StatsdMonitor) *cobra.Command {
 			"group:core": "true",
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cfg, err := config.Load("./meteor.yaml")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			lg := log.NewLogrus(log.LogrusWithLevel(cfg.LogLevel))
+			plugins.SetLog(lg)
+
 			cs := term.NewColorScheme()
 			runner := agent.NewAgent(agent.Config{
 				ExtractorFactory: registry.Extractors,
 				ProcessorFactory: registry.Processors,
 				SinkFactory:      registry.Sinks,
-				Monitor:          mt,
 				Logger:           lg,
 			})
 
diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
index e52799505..6b76c515a 100644
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/registry"
-	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/printer"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/term"
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ListCmd creates a command object for linting recipes
-func ListCmd(lg log.Logger) *cobra.Command {
+func ListCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list <command>",
 		Short: "List available plugins",
diff --git a/cmd/new.go b/cmd/new.go
index 3d428cd4b..5f5e4881f 100644
--- a/cmd/new.go
+++ b/cmd/new.go
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/generator"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/registry"
-	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // NewCmd creates a command object for the "new" action
-func NewCmd(lg log.Logger) *cobra.Command {
+func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "new",
 		Short: "Bootstrap new recipes",
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index a028205c4..fc68ad326 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,42 +1,13 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
-	"github.com/odpf/meteor/config"
-	"github.com/odpf/meteor/metrics"
-	"github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/cmdx"
-	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const exitError = 1
-
 // New adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
 func New() *cobra.Command {
-	cfg, err := config.Load("./meteor.yaml")
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("ERROR: %s\n", err.Error())
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	lg := log.NewLogrus(log.LogrusWithLevel(cfg.LogLevel))
-	plugins.SetLog(lg)
-
-	// Setup statsd monitor to collect monitoring metrics
-	var mt *metrics.StatsdMonitor
-	if cfg.StatsdEnabled {
-		client, err := metrics.NewStatsdClient(cfg.StatsdHost)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("ERROR: %s\n", err.Error())
-			os.Exit(exitError)
-		}
-		mt = metrics.NewStatsdMonitor(client, cfg.StatsdPrefix)
-	}
-
 	var cmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:           "meteor <command> <subcommand> [flags]",
 		Short:         "Metadata CLI",
@@ -66,12 +37,12 @@ func New() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.AddCommand(cmdx.SetRefCmd(cmd))
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(VersionCmd())
-	cmd.AddCommand(GenCmd(lg))
-	cmd.AddCommand(ListCmd(lg))
-	cmd.AddCommand(InfoCmd(lg))
-	cmd.AddCommand(RunCmd(lg, mt, cfg))
-	cmd.AddCommand(LintCmd(lg, mt))
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmd(lg))
+	cmd.AddCommand(GenCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(ListCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(InfoCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(RunCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(LintCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCmd())
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/run.go b/cmd/run.go
index 528f6e0b7..759d7fdc5 100644
--- a/cmd/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/agent"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/config"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/metrics"
+	"github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/recipe"
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/registry"
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/log"
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // RunCmd creates a command object for the "run" action.
-func RunCmd(lg log.Logger, mt *metrics.StatsdMonitor, cfg config.Config) *cobra.Command {
+func RunCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		report       [][]string
 		pathToConfig string
@@ -57,12 +58,17 @@ func RunCmd(lg log.Logger, mt *metrics.StatsdMonitor, cfg config.Config) *cobra.
 			"group:core": "true",
 		},
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if configFile != "" {
-				var err error
-				cfg, err = config.Load(configFile)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
+			cfg, err := config.Load(configFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			lg := log.NewLogrus(log.LogrusWithLevel(cfg.LogLevel))
+			plugins.SetLog(lg)
+
+			mt, err := newStatsdMonitor(cfg)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 
 			cs := term.NewColorScheme()
@@ -135,3 +141,15 @@ func RunCmd(lg log.Logger, mt *metrics.StatsdMonitor, cfg config.Config) *cobra.
 
 	return cmd
 }
+
+func newStatsdMonitor(cfg config.Config) (*metrics.StatsdMonitor, error) {
+	if !cfg.StatsdEnabled {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	client, err := metrics.NewStatsdClient(cfg.StatsdHost)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return metrics.NewStatsdMonitor(client, cfg.StatsdPrefix), nil
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 0c5e0f467..ee9157256 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"log"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/odpf/salt/config"
 )
@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ type Config struct {
 	StopOnSinkError             bool   `mapstructure:"STOP_ON_SINK_ERROR" default:"false"`
 }
 
-func Load(configFile string) (cfg Config, err error) {
-	err = config.
-		NewLoader(config.WithFile(configFile)).
+func Load(configFile string) (Config, error) {
+	var cfg Config
+	err := config.NewLoader(config.WithFile(configFile)).
 		Load(&cfg)
-
-	if errors.As(err, &config.ConfigFileNotFoundError{}) {
-		log.Println(err)
-		err = nil
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.As(err, &config.ConfigFileNotFoundError{}) {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+			return cfg, nil
+		}
+		return Config{}, err
 	}
 
-	return
+	return cfg, nil
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9827c858d..ada186a81 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const (
 func main() {
 	// Execute the root command
 	root := cmd.New()
+
 	cmd, err := root.ExecuteC()
 
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 31d43a0e1..141e3c024 100644
--- a/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	v1beta2 "github.com/odpf/meteor/models/odpf/assets/v1beta2"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -17,12 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	v1beta2 "github.com/odpf/meteor/models/odpf/assets/v1beta2"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
+
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/test/utils"
 	"github.com/ory/dockertest/v3"
 	"github.com/ory/dockertest/v3/docker"
 
 	"github.com/odpf/meteor/cmd"
-	"github.com/odpf/meteor/config"
 	_ "github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins/extractors"
 	_ "github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins/processors"
 	_ "github.com/odpf/meteor/plugins/sinks"
@@ -105,13 +105,9 @@ func TestMySqlToKafka(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// run mysql_kafka.yml file
-	cfg, err := config.Load("mysql_kafka.yml")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	command := cmd.RunCmd(utils.Logger, nil, cfg)
+	command := cmd.RunCmd()
 
+	// run mysql_kafka.yml file
 	command.SetArgs([]string{"mysql_kafka.yml"})
 	if err := command.Execute(); err != nil {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), "unknown command ") {