diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/git.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/git.go
index 339a81e..32f4eb5 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/git.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/git.go
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ import (
 func checkoutRepositories(repositories []Repository) {
 	for _, repo := range repositories {
 
-		// get repository name
+		// get repository name + create repo destination
 		repoName := string(repo.PathWithNamespace)
-
-		// create repository destination
 		repoDestination := repoDestinationPre + repoName
 
 		// make gitlab url
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ func checkoutRepositories(repositories []Repository) {
 		switch {
 		case strings.Contains(string(repoStatus), "No such file or directory"):
 
-      // update the progress bar
+			// update the progress bar
 			descriptionPrefixPre := "Cloning repository "
 			descriptionPrefix := descriptionPrefixPre + repoName + " ..."
 			bar.Describe(descriptionPrefix)
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ func checkoutRepositories(repositories []Repository) {
 			}
 			_, err := cloneRepository(repoDestination, url)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("error: %v", err)
+				log.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
 			}
 			clonedCount = clonedCount + 1
 			progressBarAdd(1)
@@ -95,12 +93,12 @@ func pullRepository(repoName string, repoDestination string) {
 		errorCount = errorCount + 1
 		pulledCount = pulledCount - 1
 
-    switch {
-    case strings.Contains(string(pullOutput), "You have unstaged changes"):
+		switch {
+		case strings.Contains(string(pullOutput), "You have unstaged changes"):
 			pullErrorMsg = append(pullErrorMsg, repoDestination)
 
-    default: 
-			log.Printf("pull error: %v", err)
+		default:
+			log.Printf("error: pulling %v\n", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go
index 3308de1..eca33ca 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/gitlab.go
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository) {
+func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() []Repository {
 
 	// default options
 	membership := "membership=true"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository) {
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("fatal: creating request: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Set("PRIVATE-TOKEN", gitlabToken)
@@ -37,21 +38,21 @@ func fetchRepositoriesGitlab() ([]Repository) {
 	client := &http.Client{}
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("fatal: making request: %v\n", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		fmt.Errorf("API request failed with status: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		log.Fatalf("fatal: api request failed with status: %d\n", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	var repositories []Repository
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&repositories); err != nil {
-		fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("fatal: decoding response: %v\n", err)
 	}
 
 	if len(repositories) < 1 {
-		fmt.Errorf("no repositories found")
+		log.Println("warning: no repositories found")
 	}
 
 	return repositories
diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go
index 45bc5c4..706fb93 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/input.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -23,45 +23,45 @@ func manageArguments() {
 	gitlabToken = *tokenFlag
 	gitlabHost = *hostFlag
 
-  // manage gitlab api option
+	// manage gitlab api option
 	switch envToken := os.Getenv("GITLAB_API_TOKEN"); {
 	case envToken != "":
 		gitlabToken = envToken
 	default:
-		fmt.Println("fatal: No GitLab API Token found.")
+		log.Printf("no gitlab api token found")
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-  // manage gitlab url option
+	// manage gitlab url option
 	switch envHost := os.Getenv("GITLAB_URL"); {
 	case envHost != "":
 		gitlabHost = envHost
 	default:
-		fmt.Println("fatal: No GitLab Host found.")
+		log.Fatalf("no gitlab host found")
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-  // manage destination option
+	// manage destination option
 	switch envRepoDest := os.Getenv("GOGITLABBER_DESTINATION"); {
 	case envRepoDest != "":
 		repoDestinationPre = envRepoDest
 	default:
-		fmt.Println("fatal: No destination found.")
+		log.Fatalf("no destination found")
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	// add slash 🎩🎸 if not provided
-  switch {
-  case !strings.HasSuffix(repoDestinationPre, "/"):
+	switch {
+	case !strings.HasSuffix(repoDestinationPre, "/"):
 		repoDestinationPre += "/"
 	}
 
-  // manage archived option
+	// manage archived option
 	switch envArchived := os.Getenv("GOGITLABBER_ARCHIVED"); {
-  case envArchived == "":
+	case envArchived == "":
 		includeArchived = "excluded"
 
 	case envArchived == "any":
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ func manageArguments() {
 	case envArchived == "excluded":
 		includeArchived = envArchived
 
-  default:
-		fmt.Println("fatal: Wrong archive option found.")
+	default:
+		log.Fatalf("wrong archive option found")
 		flag.PrintDefaults()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/gogitlabber/prerequisites.go b/cmd/gogitlabber/prerequisites.go
index d1af01d..c420b2c 100644
--- a/cmd/gogitlabber/prerequisites.go
+++ b/cmd/gogitlabber/prerequisites.go
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 )
 
 func verifyGitAvailable() {
 	_, err := exec.LookPath("git")
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error: could not find git in path")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		log.Fatal("could not find git in path")
 	}
 }