diff --git a/cmd/google_cloud_ops_agent_diagnostics/main.go b/cmd/google_cloud_ops_agent_diagnostics/main.go
index 41908489f0..79b7299ab7 100644
--- a/cmd/google_cloud_ops_agent_diagnostics/main.go
+++ b/cmd/google_cloud_ops_agent_diagnostics/main.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func getUserAndMergedConfigs(ctx context.Context, userConfPath string) (*confgen
 func main() {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			log.Fatal("Recovered in run", r)
+			log.Fatalf("Recovering from a panic due to %v", r)
 		}
 	}()
 	if err := run(context.Background()); err != nil {
diff --git a/confgenerator/prometheus.go b/confgenerator/prometheus.go
index e7066c0df7..d12831168b 100644
--- a/confgenerator/prometheus.go
+++ b/confgenerator/prometheus.go
@@ -62,27 +62,29 @@ func (r PrometheusMetrics) Type() string {
 
 func (r PrometheusMetrics) Pipelines(ctx context.Context) []otel.ReceiverPipeline {
 	// Get the resource metadata for the instance we're running on.
-	resourceMetadataMap := MetadataResource.PrometheusStyleMetadata()
-	if p := platform.FromContext(ctx).ResourceOverride; p != nil {
-		resourceMetadataMap = p.PrometheusStyleMetadata()
-	}
+	if MetadataResource != nil {
+		resourceMetadataMap := MetadataResource.PrometheusStyleMetadata()
+		if p := platform.FromContext(ctx).ResourceOverride; p != nil {
+			resourceMetadataMap = p.PrometheusStyleMetadata()
+		}
 
-	// Add the GCE metadata to the prometheus config.
-	for i := range r.PromConfig.ScrapeConfigs {
-		// Iterate over the static configs.
-		for j := range r.PromConfig.ScrapeConfigs[i].ServiceDiscoveryConfigs {
-			staticConfigs := r.PromConfig.ScrapeConfigs[i].ServiceDiscoveryConfigs[j].(discovery.StaticConfig)
-			for k := range staticConfigs {
-				labels := staticConfigs[k].Labels
-				if labels == nil {
-					labels = model.LabelSet{}
+		// Add the GCE metadata to the prometheus config.
+		for i := range r.PromConfig.ScrapeConfigs {
+			// Iterate over the static configs.
+			for j := range r.PromConfig.ScrapeConfigs[i].ServiceDiscoveryConfigs {
+				staticConfigs := r.PromConfig.ScrapeConfigs[i].ServiceDiscoveryConfigs[j].(discovery.StaticConfig)
+				for k := range staticConfigs {
+					labels := staticConfigs[k].Labels
+					if labels == nil {
+						labels = model.LabelSet{}
+					}
+					for k, v := range resourceMetadataMap {
+						// If there are conflicts, the resource metadata should take precedence.
+						labels[model.LabelName(k)] = model.LabelValue(v)
+					}
+
+					staticConfigs[k].Labels = labels
 				}
-				for k, v := range resourceMetadataMap {
-					// If there are conflicts, the resource metadata should take precedence.
-					labels[model.LabelName(k)] = model.LabelValue(v)
-				}
-
-				staticConfigs[k].Labels = labels
 			}
 		}
 	}