diff --git a/include/antler/project/net_utils.hpp b/include/antler/project/net_utils.hpp
index f53a5b3..9e17c2a 100644
--- a/include/antler/project/net_utils.hpp
+++ b/include/antler/project/net_utils.hpp
@@ -100,11 +100,15 @@ namespace antler::project {
          }
       }
 
-      std::string request(std::string_view org, std::string_view repo) {
+      std::string build_github_url(std::string_view org, std::string_view repo) {
          std::string url = "https://api.github.com/repos/";
          url += std::string(org) + std::string("/");
          url += repo;
-         auto s = sender.authenticated_request(bearer_token, url.c_str());
+         return url;
+      }
+
+      std::string request(std::string_view org, std::string_view repo) {
+         auto s = sender.authenticated_request(bearer_token, build_github_url(org, repo).c_str());
          return s;
       }
 
@@ -122,10 +126,13 @@ namespace antler::project {
             auto js = nlohmann::json::parse(request(s));
             auto msg = js["message"];
             if (!msg.is_null())
-               if (msg == "Not Found")
+               if (msg == "Not Found") {
+                  system::error_log("Cannot find github repo using URL: {0}", build_github_url(get_org(s), get_repo(s)));
                   return false;
+               }
             return true;
          } catch(...) {
+            system::error_log("Unknown error when requesting URL: {0}", build_github_url(get_org(s), get_repo(s)));
             return false;
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/location.cpp b/src/location.cpp
index 03ae4a3..9a3f7a6 100644
--- a/src/location.cpp
+++ b/src/location.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ bool is_github_repo(std::string_view s) { return is_github(s) && !is_archive(s);
 
 bool is_reachable(std::string_view l) {
    if (!is_github_shorthand(l)) {
-      system::error_log("In this version of antler-proj only github shorthands are supported. Generalized git repos and archives will be supported in a future version.");
+      system::error_log("In this version of antler-proj only github shorthands (i.e. org/project) are supported. Generalized git repos and archives will be supported in a future version.");
       return false;
    }
 
diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index efb28e6..5c1e410 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ bool project::validate_dependency(const dependency& dep) const noexcept {
    if (dep.location().empty()) {
       return lib_exists(dep.name());
    } else if (!dep.is_valid_location()) {
-      system::error_log("Error denpendency: {0} is invalid.", dep.name());
+      system::error_log("Error dependency: {0} is invalid.", dep.name());
       return false;
    }
    return true;