diff --git a/internal/hook/hook.go b/internal/hook/hook.go
index 59a0fdd..1d31425 100644
--- a/internal/hook/hook.go
+++ b/internal/hook/hook.go
@@ -816,13 +816,7 @@ func (h *Hooks) LoadFromFile(path string, asTemplate bool) error {
 		file = buf.Bytes()
 	}
 
-	toJSON, err := yaml.YAMLToJSON(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	jsonDecoder := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(toJSON))
-	jsonDecoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
-	return jsonDecoder.Decode(h)
+	return yaml.Unmarshal(file, h)
 }
 
 // Append appends hooks unless the new hooks contain a hook with an ID that already exists
diff --git a/internal/hook/hook_test.go b/internal/hook/hook_test.go
index 8dcd08c..b2ec4a4 100644
--- a/internal/hook/hook_test.go
+++ b/internal/hook/hook_test.go
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ var hooksLoadFromFileTests = []struct {
 	{"", false, true},
 	// failures
 	{"missing.json", false, false},
-	{"testdata/unrecognized.yaml", false, false},
 }
 
 func TestHooksLoadFromFile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -501,7 +500,6 @@ func TestHooksLoadFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range hooksLoadFromFileTests {
 		h := &Hooks{}
 		err := h.LoadFromFile(tt.path, tt.asTemplate)
-		t.Log(err)
 		if (err == nil) != tt.ok {
 			t.Errorf(err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/webhook.go b/webhook.go
index 9816aab..d4969e7 100644
--- a/webhook.go
+++ b/webhook.go
@@ -206,21 +206,20 @@ func main() {
 		newHooks := hook.Hooks{}
 
 		err := newHooks.LoadFromFile(hooksFilePath, *asTemplate)
-
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("couldn't load hooks from file! %+v\n", err)
-		}
+			log.Printf("couldn't load hooks from file! %+v\n", err)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("found %d hook(s) in file\n", len(newHooks))
 
-		log.Printf("found %d hook(s) in file\n", len(newHooks))
-
-		for _, hook := range newHooks {
-			if matchLoadedHook(hook.ID) != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("error: hook with the id %s has already been loaded!\nplease check your hooks file for duplicate hooks ids!\n", hook.ID)
+			for _, hook := range newHooks {
+				if matchLoadedHook(hook.ID) != nil {
+					log.Fatalf("error: hook with the id %s has already been loaded!\nplease check your hooks file for duplicate hooks ids!\n", hook.ID)
+				}
+				log.Printf("\tloaded: %s\n", hook.ID)
 			}
-			log.Printf("\tloaded: %s\n", hook.ID)
-		}
 
-		loadedHooksFromFiles[hooksFilePath] = newHooks
+			loadedHooksFromFiles[hooksFilePath] = newHooks
+		}
 	}
 
 	newHooksFiles := hooksFiles[:0]