diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt
index 03297e8214d3c5c381a43e7cc0c272e042fc47c7..ca5ca7993216230e99045a7c5a2edbefaffe9706 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ActionCommand.kt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class ActionCommand(val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
 
         override fun onFailure(throwable: Throwable, response: Response) {
             execLatch.countDown()
-            throw ActionCommandFailedException("Some error encountered while executing action: ${throwable.printStackTrace()}")
+            throw ActionCommandFailedException("Some error encountered while executing action.", throwable)
         }
 
         override fun onClose(code: Int, reason: String) {
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
index 9f51638f1fd507c3fb4c1ab1fa98dc89ba5af2f9..21d5cb5bc840c5ec76581a0122d3712ec2c2aed9 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment.kt
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class KubernetesBenchmarkDeployment(
     private val LAG_EXPORTER_POD_LABEL_NAME = "app.kubernetes.io/name"
     private val LAG_EXPORTER_POD_LABEL_VALUE = "kafka-lag-exporter"
 
-
-
     /**
      * Setup a [KubernetesBenchmark] using the [TopicManager] and the [K8sManager]:
      *  - Create the needed topics.