diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/main.go b/cmd/runmqserver/main.go
index 4ae0ac2..cbfb4e8 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/main.go
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ func doMain() error {
 	// Start signal handler
 	signalControl := signalHandler(name)
 
-	logConfig()
+	err = logConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		logTermination(err)
+		return err
+	}
 	err = createVolume("/mnt/mqm")
 	if err != nil {
 		logTermination(err)
diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig.go b/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig.go
index b0d6cec..a1a2d55 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os/user"
 	"runtime"
@@ -90,12 +91,12 @@ func readMounts() error {
 	if !detected {
 		log.Print("No volume detected. Persistent messages may be lost")
 	} else {
-		checkFS("/mnt/mqm")
+		return checkFS("/mnt/mqm")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func logConfig() {
+func logConfig() error {
 	log.Printf("CPU architecture: %v", runtime.GOARCH)
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 		var err error
@@ -114,8 +115,12 @@ func logConfig() {
 		}
 		logUser()
 		logCapabilities()
-		readMounts()
+		err = readMounts()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	} else {
-		log.Fatalf("Unsupported platform: %v", runtime.GOOS)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported platform: %v", runtime.GOOS)
 	}
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_linux.go b/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_linux.go
index 8371395..d0ec357 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_linux.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
@@ -33,18 +34,19 @@ var fsTypes = map[int64]string{
 	0x794c7630: "overlayfs",
 }
 
-func checkFS(path string) {
+func checkFS(path string) error {
 	statfs := &unix.Statfs_t{}
 	err := unix.Statfs(path, statfs)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	t := fsTypes[statfs.Type]
 	switch t {
 	case "aufs", "overlayfs", "tmpfs":
-		log.Fatalf("Error: %v uses unsupported filesystem type %v", path, t)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%v uses unsupported filesystem type: %v", path, t)
 	default:
 		log.Printf("Detected %v has filesystem type '%v'", path, t)
+		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_other.go b/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_other.go
index bb6e897..0c4c233 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_other.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/mqconfig_other.go
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ package main
 
 // Dummy version of this function, only for non-Linux systems.
 // Having this allows unit tests to be run on other platforms (e.g. macOS)
-func checkFS(path string) {
-	return
+func checkFS(path string) error {
+	return nil
 }