diff --git a/hotelReservation/Dockerfile b/hotelReservation/Dockerfile
index dcea2dc..ebc9e37 100644
--- a/hotelReservation/Dockerfile
+++ b/hotelReservation/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN go get gopkg.in/mgo.v2
 RUN go get github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache/memcache
 RUN go get github.com/google/uuid
 RUN go mod init
+RUN go get github.com/rs/zerolog@v1.28.0
 RUN go mod vendor
 # use local modified github.com/hailocab/go-geoindex instead of upstream one
 COPY ./vendor/github.com/hailocab/go-geoindex /go/src/github.com/harlow/go-micro-services/vendor/github.com/hailocab/go-geoindex
diff --git a/hotelReservation/services/frontend/server.go b/hotelReservation/services/frontend/server.go
index 642ac11..330704d 100644
--- a/hotelReservation/services/frontend/server.go
+++ b/hotelReservation/services/frontend/server.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ func (s *Server) getGprcConn(name string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 func (s *Server) searchHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Header().Set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
 	ctx := r.Context()
+	if os.Getenv("SEARCH_BACKEND_VERSION") == "true" {
+    log.Error().Msg("hotel search failed")
+    http.Error(w, "internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+    return
+}
 
 	log.Trace().Msg("starts searchHandler")