diff --git a/collectors/beegfsmetaMetric.go b/collectors/beegfsmetaMetric.go
index 2b86ee9..530e322 100644
--- a/collectors/beegfsmetaMetric.go
+++ b/collectors/beegfsmetaMetric.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -18,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	lp "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/internal/ccMetric"
 )
 
-const BEEGFS_CMD = "beegfs-ctl"
-
 // Struct for the collector-specific JSON config
 type BeegfsMetaCollectorConfig struct {
 	Beegfs            string   `json:"beegfs_path"`
@@ -132,9 +131,7 @@ func (m *BeegfsMetaCollector) Read(interval time.Duration, output chan lp.CCMetr
 	}
 
 	if len(mountpoints) == 0 {
-		cclog.ComponentError(
-			m.name,
-			"Read(): Failed to find BeeGFS on Demand FS.")
+		return errors.New("Could not find any BeeGFS mountpoint")
 	}
 
 	for _, mountpoint := range mountpoints {
diff --git a/collectors/beegfsstorageMetric.go b/collectors/beegfsstorageMetric.go
index a0e4ec4..4439a98 100644
--- a/collectors/beegfsstorageMetric.go
+++ b/collectors/beegfsstorageMetric.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -124,9 +125,7 @@ func (m *BeegfsStorageCollector) Read(interval time.Duration, output chan lp.CCM
 		}
 	}
 	if len(mountpoints) == 0 {
-		cclog.ComponentError(
-			m.name,
-			"Read(): Failed to find BeeGFS on Demand FS.")
+		return errors.New("Could not find any BeeGFS mountpoint")
 	}
 	// collects stats for each BeeGFS on Demand FS
 	for _, mountpoint := range mountpoints {