diff --git a/apps/agent/README.md b/apps/agent/README.md
index 63a0c6113ee88579512ff090302b25584e202825..4ac3348f0ac105fab17515d54b5b7442a06ea0b9 100644
--- a/apps/agent/README.md
+++ b/apps/agent/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# OCM ENGINE - AGENT 
+# OCM ENGINE - AGENT
 
 Agent service is a wrapper around @ocm-engine/askar library. 
 
diff --git a/libs/nats/src/base.nats.service.ts b/libs/nats/src/base.nats.service.ts
index b57c48c50090d332066446bb5ad64ab9eda40a48..c0517cff10782946d00eb06aa12b2bed7264d2db 100644
--- a/libs/nats/src/base.nats.service.ts
+++ b/libs/nats/src/base.nats.service.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ export class NatsBaseService {
           this.logger.error(
             `Failed to connect to NATS, retrying...${error.message}`,
           );
+
+          throw new Error(
+            `Failed to connect to NATS, retrying...${error.message}`,
+          );
         },
       },
     );