diff --git a/cli/app/deploy.go b/cli/app/deploy.go
index aa8b4062..72e45a58 100644
--- a/cli/app/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/app/deploy.go
@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ checkout as-is. Recipe commit hashes are also supported as values for
 		}
 
 		if err := lint.LintForErrors(app.Recipe); err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+			if internal.Chaos {
+				log.Warn(err)
+			} else {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
 		}
 
 		if err := validateSecrets(cl, app); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/lint/recipe.go b/pkg/lint/recipe.go
index 4f7f5e24..ae462a54 100644
--- a/pkg/lint/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/lint/recipe.go
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ var LintRules = map[string][]LintRule{
 func LintForErrors(recipe recipe.Recipe) error {
 	log.Debugf("linting for critical errors in %s configs", recipe.Name)
 
+	var errors string
+
 	for level := range LintRules {
 		if level != "error" {
 			continue
@@ -196,14 +198,18 @@ func LintForErrors(recipe recipe.Recipe) error {
 
 			ok, err := rule.Function(recipe)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("lint %s: %s", rule.Ref, err)
+				errors += fmt.Sprintf("\nlint %s: %s", rule.Ref, err)
 			}
 			if !ok {
-				return fmt.Errorf("lint error in %s configs: \"%s\" failed lint checks (%s)", recipe.Name, rule.Description, rule.Ref)
+				errors += fmt.Sprintf("\nlint error in %s configs: \"%s\" failed lint checks (%s)", recipe.Name, rule.Description, rule.Ref)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (len(errors) > 0) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errors[1:])
+	}
+
 	log.Debugf("linting successful, %s is well configured", recipe.Name)
 
 	return nil