diff --git a/go-twilio/main.go b/go-twilio/main.go
index 0f47654..9980187 100644
--- a/go-twilio/main.go
+++ b/go-twilio/main.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func gracefulShutdown(router *gin.Engine) {
 
 	// The context is used to inform the server it has 5 seconds to complete the ongoing requests
 	if err := srv.Shutdown(context.TODO()); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal("Server forced to shutdown:", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Server forced to shutdown: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Server exiting")
diff --git a/graphql-sql/main.go b/graphql-sql/main.go
index aa23fce..d3a3df4 100644
--- a/graphql-sql/main.go
+++ b/graphql-sql/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer func() {
 		err = db.Close()
 		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
+			log.Println(err)
 		}
 	}()
 
diff --git a/mux-elasticsearch/app.go b/mux-elasticsearch/app.go
index 8e4e56a..76d15e7 100644
--- a/mux-elasticsearch/app.go
+++ b/mux-elasticsearch/app.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (a *App) Run(port string) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	if err := a.Server.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Server forced to shutdown: %v", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Server forced to shutdown: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Println("Server exiting")
diff --git a/mux-mysql/main.go b/mux-mysql/main.go
index 9ff2138..f0c6200 100644
--- a/mux-mysql/main.go
+++ b/mux-mysql/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer func() {
 		err = store.Close()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not close database connection: %v\n", err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -62,11 +63,11 @@ func main() {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	if err := server.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := store.Close(); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Could not close database connection: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not close database connection: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Println("Server stopped")
diff --git a/mux-sql/app.go b/mux-sql/app.go
index a983bd2..19d612f 100644
--- a/mux-sql/app.go
+++ b/mux-sql/app.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (a *App) Run(addr string) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	if err := a.Server.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Server forced to shutdown: %v", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Server forced to shutdown: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Println("Server exiting")
diff --git a/sse-svelte/main.go b/sse-svelte/main.go
index 570be18..690a5c4 100644
--- a/sse-svelte/main.go
+++ b/sse-svelte/main.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer func() {
 		err = client.Disconnect(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+			log.Println(err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func main() {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	if err := server.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not gracefully shutdown the server: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Server stopped")
diff --git a/users-profile/main.go b/users-profile/main.go
index a343820..afffbcd 100644
--- a/users-profile/main.go
+++ b/users-profile/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Attempt graceful shutdown by shutting down the server
 	if err := server.Shutdown(ctx); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Server shutdown failed: %v", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Server shutdown failed: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Println("Server gracefully stopped")