diff --git a/src/modules/package-downloader.ts b/src/modules/package-downloader.ts
index 31f40f0..aec003c 100644
--- a/src/modules/package-downloader.ts
+++ b/src/modules/package-downloader.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ export class PackageDownloader {
         this.packageConfig = packageConfig;
     }
 
-    private async _cloneRepository(packageDir: string, cloneOpts: string[]): Promise<void> {
-        await this.git.clone(this.packageConfig.getPackageRepo(), packageDir, cloneOpts);
+    private async _cloneRepository(packageDir: string, cloneOpts: string[], verbose?: boolean): Promise<void> {
+        const response = await this.git.clone(this.packageConfig.getPackageRepo(), packageDir, cloneOpts);
+        if (verbose) {
+            console.log(`Clone response:  ${response}`);
+        }
     }
 
     private async _updateRepository(checkRepoAction: CheckRepoActions, verbose: boolean): Promise<void> {
@@ -49,7 +52,12 @@ export class PackageDownloader {
         await this.git.checkout(branchOrTag);
     }
 
-    private async _checkForValidRepo(packageDir: string, cloneOpts: string[], checkRepoAction: CheckRepoActions): Promise<void> {
+    private async _checkForValidRepo(
+        packageDir: string,
+        cloneOpts: string[],
+        checkRepoAction: CheckRepoActions,
+        verbose?: boolean,
+    ): Promise<void> {
         let directoryExists = CliFileSystem.existsSync(packageDir);
         if (directoryExists && !(await this.isValidRepo(packageDir, checkRepoAction))) {
             CliFileSystem.removeSync(packageDir);
@@ -57,7 +65,22 @@ export class PackageDownloader {
         }
 
         if (!directoryExists) {
-            await this._cloneRepository(packageDir, cloneOpts);
+            try {
+                // simple-git typically throws an error if clone fails
+                // but not all errors reult in an exception, for instance blocked clone due to rate limitation
+                // does not result in an exception
+                await this._cloneRepository(packageDir, cloneOpts, verbose);
+            } catch (error) {
+                if (verbose) {
+                    console.error(error);
+                }
+                throw new Error(`Cloning of ${this.packageConfig.getPackageRepo()} failed!`);
+            }
+
+            // Do a second check to verify if clone seems to have succeeded
+            if (!(await this.isValidRepo(packageDir, checkRepoAction))) {
+                throw new Error(`Problem detected when cloning ${this.packageConfig.getPackageRepo()}!`);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +103,7 @@ export class PackageDownloader {
             checkRepoAction = CheckRepoActions.IS_REPO_ROOT;
         }
 
-        await this._checkForValidRepo(packageDir, cloneOpts, checkRepoAction);
+        await this._checkForValidRepo(packageDir, cloneOpts, checkRepoAction, verbose);
         this.git = simpleGit(packageDir);
         await this._updateRepository(checkRepoAction, verbose);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/package.ts b/src/modules/package.ts
index f829a89..8f077f2 100644
--- a/src/modules/package.ts
+++ b/src/modules/package.ts
@@ -93,29 +93,33 @@ export class PackageConfig {
     }
 
     async getPackageVersions(verbose?: boolean): Promise<TagResult> {
-        try {
-            const packageInformation = await packageDownloader(this).downloadPackage({ checkVersionOnly: true, verbose: verbose });
-            const packageVersionTags = await packageInformation.tags();
-            return packageVersionTags;
+        const packageInformation = await packageDownloader(this).downloadPackage({ checkVersionOnly: true, verbose: verbose });
+        const packageVersionTags = await packageInformation.tags();
+        return packageVersionTags;
+        /*
         } catch (error) {
+            console.log(`vvv`);
             console.log(error);
+            console.log(`www`);
         }
         return {
             all: [],
             latest: '',
-        };
+        };*/
     }
 
     async downloadPackageVersion(verbose?: boolean): Promise<void> {
         try {
             await packageDownloader(this).downloadPackage({ verbose: verbose });
         } catch (error) {
-            console.error(error);
+            if (verbose) {
+                console.error(error);
+            }
             // If repo exist but not version we will end up with default-version
             // of that repo, and on subsequent runs tooling will say that the missing version
             // actually exists! To prevent this we remove the directory of the missing version!
             CliFileSystem.removeSync(this.getPackageDirectoryWithVersion());
-            throw new Error(`Cannot find package ${this.getPackageName()}:${this.version}`);
+            throw new Error(`Downloading package ${this.getPackageName()}:${this.version} failed!`);
         }
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigFileReader.ts b/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigFileReader.ts
index e750bd0..aa05a23 100644
--- a/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigFileReader.ts
+++ b/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigFileReader.ts
@@ -46,18 +46,21 @@ export class MultiFormatConfigReader implements IProjectConfigReader {
         let config: ProjectConfig | null = null;
 
         for (const reader of projectConfigReaders) {
+            let first: boolean = true;
             try {
                 config = reader.read(cliVersion, path, ignoreLock);
                 if (config !== null) {
                     break;
                 }
             } catch (error: any) {
-                console.warn(`Warning: ${path} not in expected format: ${error.message}, falling back to legacy format reading.`);
+                // This could be format error, but it could also be that repo/tag-settings are faulty, repo cannot be reached and
+                // similar, for example that "velocitas init" did not succeed!
+                console.warn(`Error reported by config reader ${reader.constructor.name}: ${error.message}`);
             }
         }
 
         if (config === null) {
-            throw new Error(`Unable to read ${path}: unknown format!`);
+            throw new Error(`Unable to successfully read and interpret ${path}!`);
         }
 
         return config;
diff --git a/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigLock.ts b/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigLock.ts
index a70854d..42ec144 100644
--- a/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigLock.ts
+++ b/src/modules/projectConfig/projectConfigLock.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class ProjectConfigLock implements ProjectConfigLockAttributes {
     public findVersion(packageName: string): string {
         const packageVersion = this.packages.get(packageName);
         if (!packageVersion) {
-            throw new Error(`Package '${packageName}' not found in lock file.`);
+            throw new Error(`Package '${packageName}' not found in lock file. Have you performed "velocitas init"?`);
         }
         return packageVersion;
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/projectConfigIO.test.ts b/test/unit/projectConfigIO.test.ts
index 840990e..e545991 100644
--- a/test/unit/projectConfigIO.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/projectConfigIO.test.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ describe('projectConfigIO - module', () => {
         it('should handle errors when parsing .velocitas.json file', () => {
             const readFileStub = sinon.stub(CliFileSystem, 'readFileSync').throws();
             const projectConfigFileReader = () => ProjectConfigIO.read('', configFilePath, true);
-            expect(projectConfigFileReader).to.throw(`Unable to read ${configFilePath}: unknown format!`);
+            expect(projectConfigFileReader).to.throw(`UUnable to successfully read and interpret ${configFilePath}`);
             readFileStub.restore();
         });