diff --git a/cmd/restoreSSL.go b/cmd/restoreSSL.go
index 1f45d9f24..76ff15b25 100644
--- a/cmd/restoreSSL.go
+++ b/cmd/restoreSSL.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
 		fmt.Println("restoreSSL called")
 		err := ssl.RestoreSSL()
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Bucket not found, missing SSL backup, assuming first installation")
+			fmt.Printf("Bucket not found, missing SSL backup, assuming first installation, error is: %v", err)
 		}
 	},
 }
diff --git a/internal/aws/aws.go b/internal/aws/aws.go
index daa442a89..016e6fa11 100644
--- a/internal/aws/aws.go
+++ b/internal/aws/aws.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
@@ -476,8 +477,7 @@ func DownloadBucket(bucket string, destFolder string) error {
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Couldn't list bucket contents")
-		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't list bucket contents")
+		return errors.New("couldn't list bucket contents")
 	}
 
 	for _, object := range listObjsResponse.Contents {
diff --git a/internal/ssl/ssl.go b/internal/ssl/ssl.go
index c5323d2a4..f199b74b9 100644
--- a/internal/ssl/ssl.go
+++ b/internal/ssl/ssl.go
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ func GetBackupCertificates() (string, error) {
 	for _, cert := range certificates {
 		fullPath := strings.Replace(cert, config.CertsPath, "/certs", 1)
 		log.Println(fullPath)
-		aws.UploadFile(bucketName, fullPath, cert)
+		err = aws.UploadFile(bucketName, fullPath, cert)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("there is an issue to uploaded your certificate to the S3 bucket")
+			log.Panic(err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	log.Println("getting secrets")
@@ -138,7 +142,10 @@ func RestoreSSL() error {
 		}
 	}
 	bucketName := fmt.Sprintf("k1-%s", viper.GetString("aws.hostedzonename"))
-	aws.DownloadBucket(bucketName, config.CertsPath)
+	err := aws.DownloadBucket(bucketName, config.CertsPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	//! We need apply secrets firstly than other resources, accordingly with cert-manager docs
 	//pathsRestored := []string{"secrets", "certs", "clusterissuers"}
 	//! At this moment, we dont have the crds certs/clusterissuers installed on cluster