diff --git a/cluster-density.go b/cluster-density.go
index 4249faeb..906f7e81 100644
--- a/cluster-density.go
+++ b/cluster-density.go
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ func NewClusterDensity(wh *workloads.WorkloadHelper, variant string) *cobra.Comm
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if cmd.Name() == "cluster-density-v2" {
 				kubeClientProvider := config.NewKubeClientProvider("", "")
-				clientset, _ := kubeClientProvider.ClientSet(0, 0)
-				if !clusterImageRegistryCheck(clientset) {
-					log.Errorf("image-registry deployment is not deployed")
+				clientSet, _ := kubeClientProvider.ClientSet(0, 0)
+				if err := IsClusterImageRegistryAvailable(clientSet); err != nil {
+					log.Fatal(err.Error())
 				}
 			}
 			setMetrics(cmd, metricsProfiles)
diff --git a/cluster_health.go b/cluster_health.go
index d60dfa34..19e1d863 100644
--- a/cluster_health.go
+++ b/cluster_health.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package ocp
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/kube-burner/kube-burner/pkg/config"
@@ -93,15 +94,14 @@ func isClusterHealthy(clientset kubernetes.Interface, openshiftClientset *versio
 	return isHealthy
 }
 
-func clusterImageRegistryCheck(clientset kubernetes.Interface) bool {
+func IsClusterImageRegistryAvailable(clientset kubernetes.Interface) error {
 	deployment, err := clientset.AppsV1().Deployments("openshift-image-registry").Get(context.TODO(), "image-registry", metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Error getting deployment: %v", err)
-		return false
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error getting deployment: %v", err)
 	}
 	if deployment.Status.AvailableReplicas > 0 {
 		log.Debugf("Deployment image-registry in namespace openshift-image-registry is available with %d replicas", deployment.Status.AvailableReplicas)
-		return true
+		return nil
 	}
-	return false
+	return fmt.Errorf("Deployment image-registry in namespace openshift-image-registry doesn't have available replicas")
 }