diff --git a/src/cli/main.ts b/src/cli/main.ts
index dbec95ca3e..f0739d9055 100755
--- a/src/cli/main.ts
+++ b/src/cli/main.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ async function handleError(args, error) {
     error.userMessage = error.nestedUserMessage || error.userMessage;
     error.code = error.nestedCode || error.code;
     error.strCode = error.nestedStrCode || error.strCode;
-    error.userMessage = error.nestedUserMessage || error.userMessage;
   }
 
   let command = 'bad-command';
diff --git a/src/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.ts b/src/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.ts
index 8dcc9afc4f..dfd6822dcb 100644
--- a/src/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.ts
+++ b/src/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { SEVERITIES, SEVERITY } from '../snyk-test/common';
 
 export function getSeverityValue(severity: SEVERITY | 'none'): number {
-  return SEVERITIES.find((s) => s.verboseName === severity)!.value;
+  return SEVERITIES.find((s) => s.verboseName === severity)?.value ?? 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/jest/unit/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.spec.ts b/test/jest/unit/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.spec.ts
index b641039647..44bb9bf766 100644
--- a/test/jest/unit/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/unit/lib/formatters/get-severity-value.spec.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ describe('getSeverityValue', () => {
   it('Low returns 4', () => {
     expect(getSeverityValue(SEVERITY.LOW)).toEqual(1);
   });
+  it('none returns 0', () => {
+    expect(getSeverityValue('none')).toEqual(0);
+  });
 });