diff --git a/web/sites/default/settings.local.php b/web/sites/default/settings.local.php
index 81a15516192898f2c22d18d61101f26702cc339d..ea48b08b8f4b30fd2e026c40586d3eb9069f2513 100644
--- a/web/sites/default/settings.local.php
+++ b/web/sites/default/settings.local.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         //error_log('set home dir: ' . $_ENV['HOME']);
     }
     else {
-        die("pantheon environment is lando but LANDO_WEBROOT isn't set");
+        error_log("pantheon environment is lando but LANDO_WEBROOT isn't set");
     }
 
     $settings['container_yamls'][] = DRUPAL_ROOT . '/sites/development.services.yml';