diff --git a/add_license_notice.sh b/add_license_notice.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index eac98e986..000000000
--- a/add_license_notice.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-LICENSE_NOTICE="// Copyright (c) 2022-present, DiceDB contributors
-// All rights reserved. Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information."
-
-# Find all Go files and add the notice if not already present
-find . -type f -name "*.go" | while read -r FILE; do
-    # Check if the file already contains the license notice
-    if ! grep -qF "$LICENSE_NOTICE" "$FILE"; then
-        # Add the license notice at the top of the file
-        { echo "$LICENSE_NOTICE"; echo ""; cat "$FILE"; } > temp_file && mv temp_file "$FILE"
-        echo "Added license notice to $FILE"
-    else
-        echo "License notice already present in $FILE"
-    fi
-done
-
-echo "Finished adding license notice to all Go files."
diff --git a/server/main.go b/server/main.go
index 34bfc72be..22c8a7bcf 100644
--- a/server/main.go
+++ b/server/main.go
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ func Start() {
 		wl = _wl
 
 		if err := wl.Init(time.Now()); err != nil {
-			slog.Error("could not initialize WAL", slog.Any("error", err))
-		} else {
-			go wal.InitBG(wl)
+			slog.Fatal("WAL initialization failed, shutting down", slog.Any("error", err))
 		}
+		go wal.InitBG(wl)
+		
 
 		slog.Debug("WAL initialization complete")
 	}