diff --git a/pkg/compression/compression.go b/pkg/compression/compression.go
index 2e695ad45..f593c81d3 100644
--- a/pkg/compression/compression.go
+++ b/pkg/compression/compression.go
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@ package compression
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
-	"log"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 )
 
-func CompressString(str string) []byte {
+func CompressString(str string, log logr.Logger) []byte {
 	var b bytes.Buffer
 	gz := gzip.NewWriter(&b)
 	if _, err := gz.Write([]byte(str)); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Error(err, "Failed to compress string")
 	}
 
 	if err := gz.Close(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+		log.Error(err, "Failed to close writer for compress string")
 	}
 
 	return b.Bytes()
diff --git a/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go b/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go
index 477cd4114..5fbea9084 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/fluentd/appconfigmap.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) appConfigSecret() (runtime.Object, reconciler.DesiredState,
 
 	if r.Logging.Spec.FluentdSpec.CompressConfigFile {
 		AppConfigKeyCompress := AppConfigKey + ".gz"
-		data[AppConfigKeyCompress] = compression.CompressString(*r.config)
+		data[AppConfigKeyCompress] = compression.CompressString(*r.config, r.Log)
 	} else {
 		data[AppConfigKey] = []byte(*r.config)
 	}
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) newCheckSecret(hashKey string) (*corev1.Secret, error) {
 	}
 	if r.Logging.Spec.FluentdSpec.CompressConfigFile {
 		ConfigCheckKeyCompress := ConfigCheckKey + ".gz"
-		data[ConfigCheckKeyCompress] = compression.CompressString(*r.config)
+		data[ConfigCheckKeyCompress] = compression.CompressString(*r.config, r.Log)
 	} else {
 		data[ConfigCheckKey] = []byte(*r.config)
 	}
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) newCheckSecretAppConfig(hashKey string) (*corev1.Secret, er
 
 	if r.Logging.Spec.FluentdSpec.CompressConfigFile {
 		ConfigCheckKeyCompress := ConfigCheckKey + ".gz"
-		data[ConfigCheckKeyCompress] = compression.CompressString(*r.config)
+		data[ConfigCheckKeyCompress] = compression.CompressString(*r.config, r.Log)
 	} else {
 		data[ConfigCheckKey] = []byte(*r.config)
 	}