diff --git a/internal/deployer/k8s_secret.go b/internal/deployer/k8s_secret.go
index 4ae3e81c..37110992 100644
--- a/internal/deployer/k8s_secret.go
+++ b/internal/deployer/k8s_secret.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (d *K8sSecretDeployer) createClient(access *domain.KubernetesAccess) (*kube
 	}
 	config, err := kubeConfig.ClientConfig()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err.Error())
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	client, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)