diff --git a/lib/hook.c b/lib/hook.c
index 3353a6fb7..f1439d626 100644
--- a/lib/hook.c
+++ b/lib/hook.c
@@ -187,11 +187,11 @@ int hook_parse_list(struct list *list, config_setting_t *cfg, struct path *o)
 		
 		ret = hook_init(h, &p->hook, o);
 		if (ret)
-			continue;
+			cerror(cfg_hook, "Failed to initialize hook");
 
 		ret = hook_parse(h, cfg_hook);
 		if (ret)
-			continue;
+			cerror(cfg_hook, "Failed to parse hook configuration");
 
 		list_push(list, h);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/hooks/stats_collect.c b/lib/hooks/stats_collect.c
index dd3ed94e9..8fc7e7ab2 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/stats_collect.c
+++ b/lib/hooks/stats_collect.c
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ static int stats_collect_init(struct hook *h)
 	p->buckets = 20;
 	p->uri = NULL;
 	p->output = stdout;
-
-	return 0;
+	
+	return stats_init(&p->stats, p->buckets, p->warmup);
 }
 
 static int stats_collect_destroy(struct hook *h)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int stats_collect_start(struct hook *h)
 {
 	struct stats_collect *p = h->_vd;
 
-	stats_init(&p->stats, p->buckets, p->warmup);
+	
 
 	if (p->uri) {
 		p->output = fopen(p->uri, "w+");
diff --git a/src/hook.c b/src/hook.c
index 78f35121c..59a394191 100644
--- a/src/hook.c
+++ b/src/hook.c
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (ret)
 		error("Failed to parse hook config");
 
-	hook_start(&h);
+	ret = hook_start(&h);
+	if (ret)
+		error("Failed to start hook");
 
 	while (!feof(stdin)) {
 		ret = sample_alloc(&q, samples, cnt);
@@ -190,8 +192,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		sample_free(samples, cnt);
 	}
 
-	hook_stop(&h);
-	hook_destroy(&h);
+	ret = hook_stop(&h);
+	if (ret)
+		error("Failed to stop hook");
+	
+	ret = hook_destroy(&h);
+	if (ret)
+		error("Failed to destroy hook");
+
 	config_destroy(&cfg);
 
 	sample_free(samples, cnt);