diff --git a/internal/pkg/leadership/leadership.go b/internal/pkg/leadership/leadership.go
index 0e8429bf..9e48b7ee 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/leadership/leadership.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/leadership/leadership.go
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ func Healthz() error {
 
 func healthz(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	if healthy {
-		w.Write([]byte("alive"))
+		if i, err := w.Write([]byte("alive")); err != nil {
+			logrus.Infof("failed to write liveness response, wrote: %d bytes, got err: %s", i, err)
+		}
 		return
 	}