diff --git a/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go b/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go
index 1095f737f..0527e0cfc 100644
--- a/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go
+++ b/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *Collector) Build(logger *slog.Logger, _ *mi.Session) error {
 
 	for i, object := range c.config.Objects {
 		if object.Name == "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("object name is required")
+			return errors.New("object name is required")
 		}
 
 		if object.Object == "" {
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ func (c *Collector) Build(logger *slog.Logger, _ *mi.Session) error {
 		}
 
 		names = append(names, object.Name)
-
 		counters := make([]string, 0, len(object.Counters))
+
 		for j, counter := range object.Counters {
 			if counter.Metric == "" {
 				c.config.Objects[i].Counters[j].Metric = c.sanitizeMetricName(
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func (c *Collector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 		)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
 func (c *Collector) collectObject(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, perfDataObject Object) error {
diff --git a/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter_test_test.go b/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter_test_test.go
index c83d57793..6d482c4bb 100644
--- a/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter_test_test.go
+++ b/internal/collector/performancecounter/performancecounter_test_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ windows_performancecounter_processor_information_processor_time\{core="0,0",stat
 
 			logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil))
 			err := perfDataCollector.Build(logger, nil)
+
 			if tc.buildErr != "" {
 				require.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.buildErr)
 
diff --git a/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go b/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go
index efe8c12ff..a01d56918 100644
--- a/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go
+++ b/internal/collector/performancecounter/types.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package performancecounter
 import "github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/internal/perfdata"
 
 type Object struct {
-	Name          string    `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
+	Name          string    `json:"name"           yaml:"name"`
 	Object        string    `json:"object"         yaml:"object"`
 	Instances     []string  `json:"instances"      yaml:"instances"`
 	Counters      []Counter `json:"counters"       yaml:"counters"`
diff --git a/pkg/collector/collect.go b/pkg/collector/collect.go
index a2b580236..233bd27a7 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/collect.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/collect.go
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ func (c *Collection) collectCollector(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, logger *slog.
 
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, perfdata.ErrNoData) && !errors.Is(err, types.ErrNoData) {
 		loggerFn := logger.Warn
+
 		if errors.Is(err, perfdata.ErrPerformanceCounterNotInitialized) || errors.Is(err, mi.MI_RESULT_INVALID_NAMESPACE) {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("%w. Check application logs from initialization pharse for more information", err)
 		}
diff --git a/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1 b/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1
index 85e5bc9cb..49de5b5a8 100644
--- a/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1
+++ b/tools/end-to-end-test.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $exporter_proc = Start-Process `
     -PassThru `
     -FilePath ..\windows_exporter.exe `
     -ArgumentList "--log.level=debug","--web.disable-exporter-metrics","--collectors.enabled=[defaults],cpu_info,textfile,process,pagefile,performancecounter,scheduled_task,tcp,udp,time,system,service,logical_disk,printer,os,net,memory,logon,cache","--collector.process.include=explorer.exe","--collector.scheduled_task.include=.*GAEvents","--collector.service.include=Themes","--collector.textfile.directories=$($textfile_dir)",@"
---collector.performancecounter.objects="[{\"object\":\"Processor Information\",\"instances\":[\"*\"],\"instance_label\":\"core\",\"counters\":[{\"name\":\"% Processor Time\",\"metric\":\"windows_performancecounter_processor_information_processor_time\",\"labels\":{\"state\":\"active\"}},{\"name\":\"% Idle Time\",\"metric\":\"windows_performancecounter_processor_information_processor_time\",\"labels\":{\"state\":\"idle\"}}]},{\"object\":\"Memory\",\"counters\":[{\"name\":\"Cache Faults/sec\",\"type\":\"counter\"}]}]"
+--collector.performancecounter.objects="[{\"name\":\"cpu\",\"object\":\"Processor Information\",\"instances\":[\"*\"],\"instance_label\":\"core\",\"counters\":[{\"name\":\"% Processor Time\",\"metric\":\"windows_performancecounter_processor_information_processor_time\",\"labels\":{\"state\":\"active\"}},{\"name\":\"% Idle Time\",\"metric\":\"windows_performancecounter_processor_information_processor_time\",\"labels\":{\"state\":\"idle\"}}]},{\"name\":\"memory\",\"object\":\"Memory\",\"counters\":[{\"name\":\"Cache Faults/sec\",\"type\":\"counter\"}]}]"
 "@ `
     -WindowStyle Hidden `
     -RedirectStandardOutput "$($temp_dir)/windows_exporter.log" `