diff --git a/src/redis-benchmark.cpp b/src/redis-benchmark.cpp
index 45170f037..19aa7a892 100644
--- a/src/redis-benchmark.cpp
+++ b/src/redis-benchmark.cpp
@@ -1546,7 +1546,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
             if (node->name) printf("%s ", node->name);
             printf("%s:%d\n", node->ip, node->port);
             node->redis_config = getRedisConfig(node->ip, node->port, NULL);
-            if (node->redis_config == NULL) exit(1);
+            if (node->redis_config == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "WARN: could not fetch node CONFIG %s:%d\n",
+                        node->ip, node->port);
+            }
         }
         printf("\n");
         /* Automatically set thread number to node count if not specified
@@ -1556,7 +1559,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
     } else {
         config.redis_config =
             getRedisConfig(config.hostip, config.hostport, config.hostsocket);
-        if (config.redis_config == NULL) exit(1);
+        if (config.redis_config == NULL)
+            fprintf(stderr, "WARN: could not fetch server CONFIG\n");
     }
 
     if (config.num_threads > 0) {