diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 827ca9c..afb3fa6 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ linters:
     - noctx
     - unconvert
   settings:
+    errcheck:
+      check-blank: true
     govet:
       enable:
         - unusedwrite
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ linters:
     rules:
       - linters:
           - gosec
-        text: G115
\ No newline at end of file
+        text: G115
diff --git a/cmd/airbyte-source/check.go b/cmd/airbyte-source/check.go
index 91ba09d..b223432 100644
--- a/cmd/airbyte-source/check.go
+++ b/cmd/airbyte-source/check.go
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ func CheckCommand(ch *Helper) *cobra.Command {
 				}
 			}()
 
-			cs, _ := checkConnectionStatus(ch.Database, psc)
+			cs, err := checkConnectionStatus(ch.Database, psc)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.ErrOrStderr(), "Unable to check connection status for PlanetScale Database, failed with %v", err)
+			}
 			ch.Logger.ConnectionStatus(cs)
 		},
 	}
@@ -71,7 +74,6 @@ func parseSource(reader FileReader, configFilePath string) (internal.PlanetScale
 }
 
 func checkConnectionStatus(database internal.PlanetScaleDatabase, psc internal.PlanetScaleSource) (internal.ConnectionStatus, error) {
-
 	if err := database.CanConnect(context.Background(), psc); err != nil {
 		return internal.ConnectionStatus{
 			Status:  "FAILED",
diff --git a/cmd/internal/planetscale_connection.go b/cmd/internal/planetscale_connection.go
index ed5e273..f85ad0e 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/planetscale_connection.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/planetscale_connection.go
@@ -101,11 +101,14 @@ func (psc PlanetScaleSource) GetInitialState(keyspaceOrDatabase string, shards [
 			}
 		}
 
-		cursor, _ := TableCursorToSerializedCursor(&psdbconnect.TableCursor{
+		cursor, err := TableCursorToSerializedCursor(&psdbconnect.TableCursor{
 			Shard:    shard,
 			Keyspace: keyspaceOrDatabase,
 			Position: position,
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return shardCursors, fmt.Errorf("table cursor to serialized cursor: %w", err)
+		}
 		shardCursors.Shards[shard] = cursor
 	}