diff --git a/configuration/config-updater/README.md b/configuration/config-updater/README.md
index 08893beb..5bbb7773 100644
--- a/configuration/config-updater/README.md
+++ b/configuration/config-updater/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 > **Note:** Run this app in the background before running any configuration quickstart.
 
-This golang app is used for `configuration` quickstarts to simulate updating value of configuration items in the configuration store.
+This is a supplementary app, written in Go, to simulate changes to configuration items. It is required to demonstrate the notification to subscribing app, when a configuration item changes.
 
 ## Prerequisite
 
diff --git a/configuration/go/http/config-subscriber/app.go b/configuration/go/http/config-subscriber/app.go
index 92a10291..4c457a7a 100644
--- a/configuration/go/http/config-subscriber/app.go
+++ b/configuration/go/http/config-subscriber/app.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func subscribeToConfigUpdates() {
 
 	subscription, err := http.Get(DAPR_HOST + ":" + DAPR_HTTP_PORT + "/v1.0-alpha1/configuration/" + DAPR_CONFIGURATION_STORE + "/subscribe")
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Print(err.Error())
+		fmt.Println("Error subscribing to config updates, err:" + err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	sub, err := ioutil.ReadAll(subscription.Body)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func startServerToListen() {
 func configUpdateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Panic(err)
 	}
 	var notification map[string]interface{}
 	json.Unmarshal(body, &notification)
diff --git a/configuration/go/sdk/config-subscriber/app.go b/configuration/go/sdk/config-subscriber/app.go
index 31749443..998176d1 100644
--- a/configuration/go/sdk/config-subscriber/app.go
+++ b/configuration/go/sdk/config-subscriber/app.go
@@ -4,34 +4,37 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	dapr "github.com/dapr/go-sdk/client"
 )
 
+var DAPR_CONFIGURATION_STORE = "configstore"
+var CONFIGURATION_ITEMS = []string{"appID1", "appID2"}
+
 func main() {
 	client, err := dapr.NewClient()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		log.Panic(err)
 	}
-	CONFIGURATION_STORE := "configstore"
-	CONFIGURATION_ITEMS := []string{"appID1", "appID2"}
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15 * time.Second)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	// Get configuration from config store
+	// Get config items from config store
 	for _, item := range CONFIGURATION_ITEMS {
-		config, err := client.GetConfigurationItem(ctx, CONFIGURATION_STORE, item)
+		config, err := client.GetConfigurationItem(ctx, DAPR_CONFIGURATION_STORE, item)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("Error getting configuration for : %s", item)
+			fmt.Printf("Could not get config item, err:" + err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 		c, _ := json.Marshal(config)
 		fmt.Println("Configuration for " + item + ": " + string(c))
 	}
 
 	// Subscribe for config changes
-	err = client.SubscribeConfigurationItems(ctx, CONFIGURATION_STORE, CONFIGURATION_ITEMS, func(id string, config map[string]*dapr.ConfigurationItem) {
+	err = client.SubscribeConfigurationItems(ctx, DAPR_CONFIGURATION_STORE, CONFIGURATION_ITEMS, func(id string, config map[string]*dapr.ConfigurationItem) {
 		// First invocation when app subscribes to config changes only returns subscription id
 		if len(config) == 0 {
 			fmt.Println("App subscribed to config changes with subscription id: " + id)
@@ -42,8 +45,8 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Println("Configuration update " + string(c))
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error subscribing to config changes")
-		panic(err)
+		fmt.Println("Error subscribing to config updates, err:" + err.Error())
+		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	// Exit app after 15 seconds