diff --git a/plugin/type.go b/plugin/type.go
index d5264a42..f1bb82d2 100644
--- a/plugin/type.go
+++ b/plugin/type.go
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ type PodStatusHook interface {
 	// Execute is invoked when the pod.taskStatusCh channel has a new status. It returns an error on failure,
 	// and also a flag "failExec" indicating if the error needs to fail the execution when a series of hooks are executed
 	// This is to support cases where a few hooks can be executed in a best effort manner and need not fail the executor
-	Execute(podStatus string, data interface{}) (err error, failExec bool)
+	Execute(podStatus string, data interface{}) (failExec bool, err error)
 }
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diff --git a/utils/pod/pod.go b/utils/pod/pod.go
index 92dcaeaf..6b017907 100644
--- a/utils/pod/pod.go
+++ b/utils/pod/pod.go
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ func execPodStatusHooks(status string, taskInfo *mesos.TaskInfo) error {
 				logger.Errorf("Hook %s is nil, not initialized? still continuing with available hooks", name)
 				continue
 			}
-			if pherr, failExec := hook.Execute(status, taskInfo); pherr != nil {
+			if failExec, pherr := hook.Execute(status, taskInfo); pherr != nil {
 				logger.Errorf(
 					"PodStatusHook %s failed with %v and is not best effort, so stopping further execution ",
 					name, pherr)
diff --git a/utils/pod/pod_test.go b/utils/pod/pod_test.go
index 6662098b..3b93d7f3 100644
--- a/utils/pod/pod_test.go
+++ b/utils/pod/pod_test.go
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ type happyHook struct{}
 type mandatoryHook struct{}
 type panicHook struct{}
 
-func (p *happyHook) Execute(podStatus string, data interface{}) (err error, bestEffort bool) {
-	return nil, true
+func (p *happyHook) Execute(podStatus string, data interface{}) (failExec bool, err error) {
+	return true, nil
 }
 
-func (p *mandatoryHook) Execute(status string,  data interface{}) (err error, bestEffort bool) {
-	return errors.New("failure test case"), true
+func (p *mandatoryHook) Execute(status string,  data interface{}) (failExec bool, err error) {
+	return true, errors.New("failure test case")
 }
 
-func (p *panicHook) Execute(status string,  data interface{}) (err error, bestEffort bool) {
+func (p *panicHook) Execute(status string,  data interface{}) (failExec bool, err error) {
 	panic("unit test panic")
-	return errors.New("panic test case"), false
+	return false, errors.New("panic test case")
 }
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