diff --git a/monasca-log-persister/build.yml b/monasca-log-persister/build.yml
index 2a56d92ae..77f0144ea 100644
--- a/monasca-log-persister/build.yml
+++ b/monasca-log-persister/build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 repository: monasca/log-persister
 variants:
-  - tag: 0.0.1
+  - tag: 0.0.2
     aliases:
       - :latest
diff --git a/monasca-log-persister/start.sh b/monasca-log-persister/start.sh
index f73bddc81..76c694dfa 100755
--- a/monasca-log-persister/start.sh
+++ b/monasca-log-persister/start.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ if [ -n "$KAFKA_WAIT_FOR_TOPICS" ]; then
   success="false"
 
   for i in $(seq "$KAFKA_WAIT_RETRIES"); do
-    python /kafka_wait_for_topics.py
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    if python /kafka_wait_for_topics.py; then
       success="true"
       break
     else
diff --git a/monasca-log-transformer/build.yml b/monasca-log-transformer/build.yml
index 214f8b49d..da5cbd14c 100644
--- a/monasca-log-transformer/build.yml
+++ b/monasca-log-transformer/build.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 repository: monasca/log-transformer
 variants:
-  - tag: 0.0.1
+  - tag: 0.0.2
     aliases:
       - :latest
diff --git a/monasca-log-transformer/start.sh b/monasca-log-transformer/start.sh
index 5ec52abb9..4eb9a96b5 100755
--- a/monasca-log-transformer/start.sh
+++ b/monasca-log-transformer/start.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ if [ -n "$KAFKA_WAIT_FOR_TOPICS" ]; then
   success="false"
 
   for i in $(seq "$KAFKA_WAIT_RETRIES"); do
-    python /kafka_wait_for_topics.py
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    if python /kafka_wait_for_topics.py; then
       success="true"
       break
     else