diff --git a/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller.go b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller.go
index a2d552f0f..bba83f519 100644
--- a/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ func NewAacrqController(aaqCli client.AAQClient,
 		AddFunc:    ctrl.addAcrq,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to register ApplicationAwareClusterResourceQuota event handler: %w", err))
 	}
 
 	return &ctrl
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func (ctrl *AacrqController) Execute() bool {
 
 	err, enqueueState := ctrl.execute(key.(string))
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log.Infof(fmt.Sprintf("AacrqController: Error with key: %v err: %v", key, err))
+		log.Log.Infof("AacrqController: Error with key: %v err: %v", key, err)
 	}
 	switch enqueueState {
 	case BackOff:
diff --git a/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller_constructor_test.go b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller_constructor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69960aa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/aacrq-controller/aacrq-controller_constructor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package aacrq_controller
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	testsutils "kubevirt.io/application-aware-quota/pkg/tests-utils"
+)
+
+func TestNewAacrqControllerPanicsOnAcrqHandlerRegistrationError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	aacrqInformer := testsutils.NewFakeSharedIndexInformer(nil)
+	acrqInformer := testsutils.NewFakeSharedIndexInformer(nil)
+	acrqInformer.AddEventHandlerErr = errors.New("boom")
+
+	defer func() {
+		if recover() == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected panic when acrq informer handler registration fails")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	NewAacrqController(nil, aacrqInformer, acrqInformer, make(chan struct{}))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller.go b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller.go
index 2bf85b9ca..ca0f52fdc 100644
--- a/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func NewCRQController(aaqCli client.AAQClient,
 		AddFunc:    ctrl.addAcrq,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to register ApplicationAwareClusterResourceQuota event handler: %w", err))
 	}
 
 	return &ctrl
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ func (ctrl *CRQController) Execute() bool {
 
 	err, enqueueState := ctrl.execute(key.(string))
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Log.Infof(fmt.Sprintf("CRQController: Error with key: %v err: %v", key, err))
+		log.Log.Infof("CRQController: Error with key: %v err: %v", key, err)
 	}
 	switch enqueueState {
 	case BackOff:
diff --git a/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller_constructor_test.go b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller_constructor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4979f6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/aaq-controller/additional-cluster-quota-controllers/crq-controller/crq-controller_constructor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package crq_controller
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	testsutils "kubevirt.io/application-aware-quota/pkg/tests-utils"
+)
+
+func TestNewCRQControllerPanicsOnAcrqHandlerRegistrationError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	crqInformer := testsutils.NewFakeSharedIndexInformer(nil)
+	acrqInformer := testsutils.NewFakeSharedIndexInformer(nil)
+	acrqInformer.AddEventHandlerErr = errors.New("boom")
+
+	defer func() {
+		if recover() == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected panic when acrq informer handler registration fails")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	NewCRQController(nil, crqInformer, acrqInformer, make(chan struct{}))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tests-utils/fake-informers.go b/pkg/tests-utils/fake-informers.go
index 21ccece17..00ac7ca0a 100644
--- a/pkg/tests-utils/fake-informers.go
+++ b/pkg/tests-utils/fake-informers.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type FakeSharedIndexInformer struct {
 	indexer            cache.Indexer
 	InternalGetIndexer func(cache.Indexer) cache.Indexer
+	AddEventHandlerErr error
 }
 
 func (i FakeSharedIndexInformer) AddEventHandlerWithOptions(handler cache.ResourceEventHandler, options cache.HandlerOptions) (cache.ResourceEventHandlerRegistration, error) {
@@ -53,10 +54,10 @@ func (i FakeSharedIndexInformer) GetIndexer() cache.Indexer {
 
 }
 func (i FakeSharedIndexInformer) AddEventHandler(handler cache.ResourceEventHandler) (cache.ResourceEventHandlerRegistration, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	return nil, i.AddEventHandlerErr
 }
 func (i FakeSharedIndexInformer) AddEventHandlerWithResyncPeriod(handler cache.ResourceEventHandler, resyncPeriod time.Duration) (cache.ResourceEventHandlerRegistration, error) {
-	return nil, nil
+	return nil, i.AddEventHandlerErr
 }
 func (i FakeSharedIndexInformer) GetStore() cache.Store           { return nil }
 func (i FakeSharedIndexInformer) GetController() cache.Controller { return nil }