diff --git a/src/commands/scan/fetch-create-org-full-scan.ts b/src/commands/scan/fetch-create-org-full-scan.ts
index c490917e5..c8c5c57cb 100644
--- a/src/commands/scan/fetch-create-org-full-scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/scan/fetch-create-org-full-scan.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ export async function fetchCreateOrgFullScan(
   // Lazily access constants.spinner.
   const { spinner } = constants
 
-  spinner.start(`Creating a scan with ${packagePaths.length} packages...`)
+  spinner.start(
+    `Sending request to create a scan with ${packagePaths.length} packages...`
+  )
 
   const result = await handleApiCall(
     sockSdk.createOrgFullScan(
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ export async function fetchCreateOrgFullScan(
     'Creating scan'
   )
 
-  spinner.successAndStop('Scan created successfully')
+  spinner.successAndStop('Completed request to create a new scan.')
 
   if (!result.success) {
     handleUnsuccessfulApiResponse('CreateOrgFullScan', result)
diff --git a/src/commands/scan/fetch-supported-scan-file-names.ts b/src/commands/scan/fetch-supported-scan-file-names.ts
index 49d693be5..ff9267c51 100644
--- a/src/commands/scan/fetch-supported-scan-file-names.ts
+++ b/src/commands/scan/fetch-supported-scan-file-names.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { logger } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/logger'
+
 import constants from '../../constants'
 import { handleApiCall, handleUnsuccessfulApiResponse } from '../../utils/api'
 import { setupSdk } from '../../utils/sdk'
@@ -19,9 +21,8 @@ export async function fetchSupportedScanFileNames(): Promise<
     'fetching supported scan file types'
   )
 
-  spinner.successAndStop(
-    'Received response while fetched supported scan file types.'
-  )
+  spinner.stop()
+  logger.success('Received response while fetched supported scan file types.')
 
   if (!result.success) {
     handleUnsuccessfulApiResponse('getReportSupportedFiles', result)
diff --git a/src/commands/scan/handle-create-new-scan.ts b/src/commands/scan/handle-create-new-scan.ts
index ec7c0b252..f0d44883a 100644
--- a/src/commands/scan/handle-create-new-scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/scan/handle-create-new-scan.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export async function handleCreateNewScan({
     cwd,
     targets,
     supportedFileNames
-    // socketConfig
   )
 
   handleBadInput({
diff --git a/src/utils/api.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
index 91c8168db..172adcf84 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import process from 'node:process'
 
+import { debugLog } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/debug'
 import { logger } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/logger'
 import { isNonEmptyString } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/strings'
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export function handleUnsuccessfulApiResponse<T extends SocketSdkOperations>(
 
     throw new AuthError(message)
   }
-  logger.fail(failMsgWithBadge('API returned an error:', message))
+  logger.fail(failMsgWithBadge('API returned an error', message))
   // eslint-disable-next-line n/no-process-exit
   process.exit(1)
 }
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export async function handleApiCall<T>(
   try {
     result = await value
   } catch (cause) {
+    debugLog('handleApiCall[', description, '] error:\n', cause)
     throw new Error(`Failed ${description}`, { cause })
   }
   return result
diff --git a/src/utils/path-resolve.ts b/src/utils/path-resolve.ts
index a55cbf903..3e1fa873d 100644
--- a/src/utils/path-resolve.ts
+++ b/src/utils/path-resolve.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import micromatch from 'micromatch'
 import { glob as tinyGlob } from 'tinyglobby'
 import which from 'which'
 
-import { debugLog } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/debug'
+import { debugLog, isDebug } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/debug'
 import { resolveBinPath } from '@socketsecurity/registry/lib/npm'
 
 import { directoryPatterns } from './ignore-by-default'
@@ -254,27 +254,43 @@ export async function getPackageFilesForScan(
   supportedFiles: SocketSdkReturnType<'getReportSupportedFiles'>['data'],
   config?: SocketYml | undefined
 ): Promise<string[]> {
-  debugLog(`Globbed resolving ${inputPaths.length} paths:`, inputPaths)
+  debugLog(
+    `getPackageFilesForScan: resolving ${inputPaths.length} paths:`,
+    inputPaths
+  )
+
+  // Lazily access constants.spinner.
+  const { spinner } = constants
+
+  spinner.start('Searching for local files to include in scan...')
 
   const entries = await globWithGitIgnore(pathsToPatterns(inputPaths), {
     cwd,
     socketConfig: config
   })
 
-  debugLog(
-    `Globbed resolved ${inputPaths.length} paths to ${entries.length} paths:`,
-    entries
-  )
+  if (isDebug()) {
+    spinner.stop()
+    debugLog(
+      `Resolved ${inputPaths.length} paths to ${entries.length} local paths`,
+      entries
+    )
+    spinner.start('Searching for files now...')
+  } else {
+    spinner.start(
+      `Resolved ${inputPaths.length} paths to ${entries.length} local paths, searching for files now...`
+    )
+  }
 
   const packageFiles = await filterGlobResultToSupportedFiles(
     entries,
     supportedFiles
   )
 
-  debugLog(
-    `Mapped ${entries.length} entries to ${packageFiles.length} files:`,
-    packageFiles
+  spinner.successAndStop(
+    `Found ${packageFiles.length} local file${packageFiles.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}`
   )
+  debugLog('Absolute paths:', packageFiles)
 
   return packageFiles
 }