diff --git a/v2/pkg/commands/build/base.go b/v2/pkg/commands/build/base.go
index f17b5183c..c712ba898 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/commands/build/base.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/commands/build/base.go
@@ -157,9 +157,11 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) OutputFilename(options *Options) string {
 // CompileProject compiles the project
 func (b *BaseBuilder) CompileProject(options *Options) error {
 
+	verbose := options.Verbosity == VERBOSE
 	// Run go mod tidy first
 	cmd := exec.Command(options.Compiler, "mod", "tidy")
-	if options.Verbosity == VERBOSE {
+	if verbose {
+		println("")
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	}
@@ -183,7 +185,6 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) CompileProject(options *Options) error {
 	// potentially try and see if the assets have changed but will
 	// this take as much time as a `-a` build?
 	commands.Add("-a")
-	commands.Add("-x")
 
 	var tags slicer.StringSlicer
 	tags.Add(options.OutputType)
@@ -235,7 +236,8 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) CompileProject(options *Options) error {
 
 	// Create the command
 	cmd = exec.Command(options.Compiler, commands.AsSlice()...)
-	if options.Verbosity == VERBOSE {
+	if verbose {
+		println("  Build command:", commands.Join(" "))
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	}
@@ -272,12 +274,21 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) CompileProject(options *Options) error {
 		return "1"
 	})
 
+	if verbose {
+		println("  Environment:", strings.Join(cmd.Env, " "))
+	}
+
+	// Setup buffers
+	var stdo, stde bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdo
+	cmd.Stderr = &stde
+
 	// Run command
 	err = cmd.Run()
 
 	// Format error if we have one
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s\n%s", err, string(stde.Bytes()))
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -393,7 +404,7 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) BuildFrontend(outputLogger *clilogger.CLILogger) error {
 		outputLogger.Print("Installing frontend dependencies: ")
 		if verbose {
 			outputLogger.Println("")
-			outputLogger.Println("\tCommand: " + b.projectData.InstallCommand)
+			outputLogger.Println("  Install command: '" + b.projectData.InstallCommand + "'")
 		}
 		if err := b.NpmInstallUsingCommand(frontendDir, b.projectData.InstallCommand, verbose); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -412,7 +423,7 @@ func (b *BaseBuilder) BuildFrontend(outputLogger *clilogger.CLILogger) error {
 	cmd := strings.Split(b.projectData.BuildCommand, " ")
 	if verbose {
 		outputLogger.Println("")
-		outputLogger.Println("\tCommand: '" + strings.Join(cmd, " ") + "'")
+		outputLogger.Println("  Build command: '" + strings.Join(cmd, " ") + "'")
 	}
 	stdout, stderr, err := shell.RunCommand(frontendDir, cmd[0], cmd[1:]...)
 	if verbose || err != nil {
diff --git a/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go b/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go
index 222dbf9d3..3c7f164d7 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ func Build(options *Options) (string, error) {
 		// Build amd64 first
 		options.Arch = "amd64"
 		options.OutputFile = amd64Filename
+		if options.Verbosity == VERBOSE {
+			println()
+			println("  Building AMD64 Target:", filepath.Join(options.BuildDirectory, options.OutputFile))
+		}
 		err = builder.CompileProject(options)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
@@ -137,11 +141,17 @@ func Build(options *Options) (string, error) {
 		// Build arm64
 		options.Arch = "arm64"
 		options.OutputFile = arm64Filename
+		if options.Verbosity == VERBOSE {
+			println("  Building ARM64 Target:", filepath.Join(options.BuildDirectory, options.OutputFile))
+		}
 		err = builder.CompileProject(options)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 		// Run lipo
+		if options.Verbosity == VERBOSE {
+			println("  Running lipo: ", "lipo", "-create", "-output", outputFile, amd64Filename, arm64Filename)
+		}
 		_, stderr, err := shell.RunCommand(options.BuildDirectory, "lipo", "-create", "-output", outputFile, amd64Filename, arm64Filename)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("%s - %s", err.Error(), stderr)