diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/cluster/cluster.go b/pkg/tarmak/cluster/cluster.go
index df9be74405..913eafe1b5 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(environment interfaces.Environment, conf *clusterv1alpha1.Clu
 	}
 
 	// setup instance pools
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 	for pos, _ := range cluster.conf.InstancePools {
 		instancePool := cluster.conf.InstancePools[pos]
 		// create instance pools
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(environment interfaces.Environment, conf *clusterv1alpha1.Clu
 		cluster.instancePools = append(cluster.instancePools, pool)
 	}
 
-	return cluster, result
+	return cluster, result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (c *Cluster) InstancePools() []interfaces.InstancePool {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) verifyHubState() error {
 }
 
 // Verify instance pools
-func (c *Cluster) VerifyInstancePools() (result error) {
+func (c *Cluster) VerifyInstancePools() error {
 	imageIDs, err := c.ImageIDs()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error getting image IDs: %s]", err)
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) VerifyInstancePools() (result error) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error getting the image ID of %s", instancePool.TFName())
 		}
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Validate() error {
 }
 
 // validate network configuration
-func (c *Cluster) validateNetwork() (result error) {
+func (c *Cluster) validateNetwork() error {
 	// make the choice between deploying into existing VPC or creating a new one
 	if _, ok := c.Config().Network.ObjectMeta.Annotations[clusterv1alpha1.ExistingVPCAnnotationKey]; ok {
 		// TODO: handle existing vpc
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) validateNetwork() (result error) {
 }
 
 // validate logging configuration
-func (c *Cluster) validateLoggingSinks() (result error) {
+func (c *Cluster) validateLoggingSinks() error {
 
 	if c.Config().LoggingSinks != nil {
 		for index, loggingSink := range c.Config().LoggingSinks {
@@ -459,7 +460,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) validateLoggingSinks() (result error) {
 }
 
 // validate overprovisioning
-func (c *Cluster) validateClusterAutoscaler() (result error) {
+func (c *Cluster) validateClusterAutoscaler() error {
 
 	if c.Config().Kubernetes != nil && c.Config().Kubernetes.ClusterAutoscaler != nil && c.Config().Kubernetes.ClusterAutoscaler.Overprovisioning != nil {
 		if !c.Config().Kubernetes.ClusterAutoscaler.Overprovisioning.Enabled {
@@ -490,7 +491,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) validateClusterAutoscaler() (result error) {
 }
 
 // Validate APIServer
-func (c *Cluster) validateAPIServer() (result error) {
+func (c *Cluster) validateAPIServer() error {
+	var result *multierror.Error
+
 	for _, cidr := range c.Config().Kubernetes.APIServer.AllowCIDRs {
 		_, _, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -498,12 +501,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) validateAPIServer() (result error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (c *Cluster) validatePrometheusMode() error {
-	var result error
-
 	allowedModes := sets.NewString(
 		clusterv1alpha1.PrometheusModeFull,
 		clusterv1alpha1.PrometheusModeExternalScrapeTargetsOnly,
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) validatePrometheusMode() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Determine if this Cluster is a cluster or hub, single or multi environment
diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/environment/environment.go b/pkg/tarmak/environment/environment.go
index d1940dbe13..ab63c9c20b 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/environment/environment.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/environment/environment.go
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(tarmak interfaces.Tarmak, conf *tarmakv1alpha1.Environment, c
 		log:    tarmak.Log().WithField("environment", conf.Name),
 	}
 
-	var result error
 	var err error
-
 	// init provider
 	e.provider, err = tarmak.ProviderByName(conf.Provider)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,6 +63,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(tarmak interfaces.Tarmak, conf *tarmakv1alpha1.Environment, c
 	// TODO RENABLE
 	//networkCIDRs := []*net.IPNet{}
 
+	var result *multierror.Error
 	for posCluster, _ := range clusters {
 		clusterConf := clusters[posCluster]
 		clusterIntf, err := cluster.NewFromConfig(e, clusterConf)
@@ -72,13 +71,15 @@ func NewFromConfig(tarmak interfaces.Tarmak, conf *tarmakv1alpha1.Environment, c
 			result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 			continue
 		}
+
 		e.clusters = append(e.clusters, clusterIntf)
 		if len(clusters) == 1 || clusterConf.Name == "hub" {
 			e.HubCluster = clusterIntf
 		}
 	}
+
 	if result != nil {
-		return nil, result
+		return nil, result.ErrorOrNil()
 	}
 
 	if e.HubCluster != nil {
@@ -277,7 +278,8 @@ func (e *Environment) Log() *logrus.Entry {
 	return e.log
 }
 
-func (e *Environment) Validate() (result error) {
+func (e *Environment) Validate() error {
+	var result *multierror.Error
 
 	if err := e.Provider().Validate(); err != nil {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
@@ -287,10 +289,12 @@ func (e *Environment) Validate() (result error) {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
-func (e *Environment) ValidateAdminCIDRs() (result error) {
+func (e *Environment) ValidateAdminCIDRs() error {
+	var result *multierror.Error
+
 	for _, cidr := range e.Config().AdminCIDRs {
 		_, _, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ func (e *Environment) ValidateAdminCIDRs() (result error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (e *Environment) Verify() error {
diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/instance_pool/instance_pool.go b/pkg/tarmak/instance_pool/instance_pool.go
index 5a47c547dc..b6a06d0b54 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/instance_pool/instance_pool.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/instance_pool/instance_pool.go
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(cluster interfaces.Cluster, conf *clusterv1alpha1.InstancePoo
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("minCount does not equal maxCount but role is stateful. minCount=%d maxCount=%d", instancePool.Config().MinCount, instancePool.Config().MaxCount)
 	}
 
-	var result error
-
+	var result *multierror.Error
 	count := 0
 	for pos, _ := range conf.Volumes {
 		volume, err := NewVolumeFromConfig(count, provider, &conf.Volumes[pos])
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func NewFromConfig(cluster interfaces.Cluster, conf *clusterv1alpha1.InstancePoo
 		return nil, errors.New("no root volume given")
 	}
 
-	return instancePool, result
+	return instancePool, result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (n *InstancePool) Role() *role.Role {
@@ -191,11 +190,13 @@ func (n *InstancePool) AmazonAdditionalIAMPolicies() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("[%s]", strings.Join(policies, ","))
 }
 
-func (n *InstancePool) Validate() (result error) {
+func (n *InstancePool) Validate() error {
 	return n.ValidateAllowCIDRs()
 }
 
-func (n *InstancePool) ValidateAllowCIDRs() (result error) {
+func (n *InstancePool) ValidateAllowCIDRs() error {
+	var result *multierror.Error
+
 	for _, cidr := range n.Config().AllowCIDRs {
 		_, _, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func (n *InstancePool) ValidateAllowCIDRs() (result error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (n *InstancePool) Labels() (string, error) {
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ func (n *InstancePool) Labels() (string, error) {
 
 func (n *InstancePool) Taints() (string, error) {
 	var taints []string
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 
 	err := n.validTaints()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -238,11 +239,11 @@ func (n *InstancePool) Taints() (string, error) {
 		taints = append(taints, fmt.Sprintf("  %s: \"%s:%s\"", taint.Key, taint.Value, taint.Effect))
 	}
 
-	return strings.Join(taints, "\n"), result
+	return strings.Join(taints, "\n"), result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (n *InstancePool) validTaints() error {
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 
 	validKey := regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9][\w_\-\.]*\/?[\w_\-\.]*[a-zA-Z0-9]$`)
 	validValue := regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9][\w_\-\.]*[a-zA-Z0-9]$`)
@@ -260,5 +261,5 @@ func (n *InstancePool) validTaints() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go b/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go
index a47d41d0c7..2dd55852b6 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/provider/amazon/amazon.go
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (a *Amazon) getAvailablityZoneByRegion() (zones []string, err error) {
 }
 
 func (a *Amazon) validateAvailabilityZones() error {
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 
 	zones, err := a.getAvailablityZoneByRegion()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ func (a *Amazon) validateAvailabilityZones() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if result != nil {
-		return result
+		return result.ErrorOrNil()
 	}
 
 	if len(availabilityZones) == 0 {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func (a *Amazon) vaultSession() (*session.Session, error) {
 }
 
 func (a *Amazon) VerifyInstanceTypes(instancePools []interfaces.InstancePool) error {
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 
 	svc, err := a.EC2()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -540,11 +540,11 @@ func (a *Amazon) VerifyInstanceTypes(instancePools []interfaces.InstancePool) er
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (a *Amazon) verifyInstanceType(instanceType string, zones []string, svc EC2) error {
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 	var available bool
 
 	//Request offering, filter by given instance type
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ func (a *Amazon) verifyInstanceType(instanceType string, zones []string, svc EC2
 		}
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 // This methods converts and possibly validates a generic instance type to a
diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/tarmak.go b/pkg/tarmak/tarmak.go
index 4ef1a0abb4..73e44900e4 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/tarmak.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/tarmak.go
@@ -281,20 +281,17 @@ func (t *Tarmak) Version() string {
 }
 
 func (t *Tarmak) Validate() error {
-	var err error
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 
-	err = t.Cluster().Validate()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := t.Cluster().Validate(); err != nil {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
 
-	err = t.Cluster().Environment().Validate()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := t.Cluster().Environment().Validate(); err != nil {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (t *Tarmak) Verify() error {
diff --git a/pkg/tarmak/utils/networks.go b/pkg/tarmak/utils/networks.go
index 031e1f0193..1030a354eb 100644
--- a/pkg/tarmak/utils/networks.go
+++ b/pkg/tarmak/utils/networks.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func UnusedPort() int {
 }
 
 func NetworkOverlap(netCIDRs []*net.IPNet) error {
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 	for i, _ := range netCIDRs {
 		for j := i + 1; j < len(netCIDRs); j++ {
 			// check for overlap per network
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ func NetworkOverlap(netCIDRs []*net.IPNet) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/terraform/templating.go b/pkg/terraform/templating.go
index dc999d1344..d4a08a56a8 100644
--- a/pkg/terraform/templating.go
+++ b/pkg/terraform/templating.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ type terraformTemplate struct {
 
 func (t *terraformTemplate) Generate() error {
 
-	var result error
+	var result *multierror.Error
 	if err := t.generateRemoteStateConfig(); err != nil {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (t *terraformTemplate) Generate() error {
 		result = multierror.Append(result, err)
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return result.ErrorOrNil()
 }
 
 func (t *terraformTemplate) data(module string) map[string]interface{} {