diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java b/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java
index a8c04e4f..48184c65 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java
@@ -92,7 +92,22 @@ public class BuildExecutor {
                 exitStatus(1);
                 new HelpOperation(this, arguments()).executePrintOverviewHelp();
                 System.err.println();
-                System.err.println(ExceptionUtils.getExceptionStackTrace(e));
+                boolean first = true;
+                var e2 = e;
+                while (e2 != null) {
+                    if (e2.getMessage() != null) {
+                        if (!first) {
+                            System.err.print("> ");
+                        }
+                        System.err.println(e2.getMessage());
+                        first = false;
+                    }
+                    e2 = e2.getCause();
+                }
+
+                if (first) {
+                    System.err.println(ExceptionUtils.getExceptionStackTrace(e));
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/UploadException.java b/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/UploadException.java
index 15bf2f95..4eb5a7bd 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/UploadException.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/UploadException.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ public class UploadException extends RuntimeException {
     private final String url_;
 
     public UploadException(String url, int status) {
-        super("An error occurred during while uploading to '" + url + "' : status code " + status);
+        super("An error occurred while uploading to '" + url + "' : HTTP status code " + status);
         url_ = url;
     }
 
     public UploadException(String url, Throwable cause) {
-        super("An error occurred during while uploading to '" + url + "'", cause);
+        super("An error occurred while uploading to '" + url + "'", cause);
         url_ = url;
     }