diff --git a/processes/consumer/kafka.go b/processes/consumer/kafka.go
index 2b3a810e1..60302b714 100644
--- a/processes/consumer/kafka.go
+++ b/processes/consumer/kafka.go
@@ -104,11 +104,12 @@ func StartConsumer(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, inMemDB *models.Datab
 				}
 
 				tableName, processErr := args.process(ctx, cfg, inMemDB, dest, metricsClient)
-				msg.EmitIngestionLag(metricsClient, cfg.Mode, kafkaConsumer.Config().GroupID, tableName)
-				msg.EmitRowLag(metricsClient, cfg.Mode, kafkaConsumer.Config().GroupID, tableName)
 				if processErr != nil {
-					slog.With(artie.KafkaMsgLogFields(kafkaMsg)...).Warn("Skipping message...", slog.Any("err", processErr))
+					logger.Fatal("Failed to process message", slog.Any("err", processErr))
 				}
+
+				msg.EmitIngestionLag(metricsClient, cfg.Mode, kafkaConsumer.Config().GroupID, tableName)
+				msg.EmitRowLag(metricsClient, cfg.Mode, kafkaConsumer.Config().GroupID, tableName)
 			}
 		}(topic)
 	}
diff --git a/processes/consumer/pubsub.go b/processes/consumer/pubsub.go
index 2b11d111f..0720ea31b 100644
--- a/processes/consumer/pubsub.go
+++ b/processes/consumer/pubsub.go
@@ -87,13 +87,6 @@ func StartSubscriber(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, inMemDB *models.Dat
 			for {
 				err = sub.Receive(ctx, func(_ context.Context, pubsubMsg *gcp_pubsub.Message) {
 					msg := artie.NewMessage(nil, pubsubMsg, topic)
-					logFields := []any{
-						slog.String("topic", msg.Topic()),
-						slog.String("msgID", msg.PubSub.ID),
-						slog.String("key", string(msg.Key())),
-						slog.String("value", string(msg.Value())),
-					}
-
 					args := processArgs{
 						Msg:                    msg,
 						GroupID:                subName,
@@ -103,7 +96,7 @@ func StartSubscriber(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, inMemDB *models.Dat
 					tableName, processErr := args.process(ctx, cfg, inMemDB, dest, metricsClient)
 					msg.EmitIngestionLag(metricsClient, cfg.Mode, subName, tableName)
 					if processErr != nil {
-						slog.With(logFields...).Warn("Skipping message...", slog.Any("err", processErr))
+						logger.Fatal("Failed to process message", slog.Any("err", processErr))
 					}
 				})