diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/deps/downloader.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/deps/downloader.rs
index ad3868c9..b350b4bb 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/deps/downloader.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/deps/downloader.rs
@@ -78,13 +78,19 @@ impl<'a> Downloader<'a> {
             .get(url)
             .header("User-Agent", "aiken-lang")
             .send()
-            .await?
-            .bytes()
             .await?;
 
+        if response.status().as_u16() >= 400 {
+            return Err(Error::UnknownPackageVersion {
+                package: package.clone(),
+            });
+        }
+
+        let bytes = response.bytes().await?;
+
         // let PackageSource::Github { url } = &package.source;
 
-        tokio::fs::write(&zipball_path, response).await?;
+        tokio::fs::write(&zipball_path, bytes).await?;
 
         Ok(true)
     }
diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/error.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/error.rs
index 32855568..861c2038 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/error.rs
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ impl Diagnostic for Error {
             Error::Http(_) => None,
             Error::ZipExtract(_) => None,
             Error::JoinError(_) => None,
-            Error::UnknownPackageVersion{..} => None,
+            Error::UnknownPackageVersion{..} => Some(Box::new("Perhaps, double-check the package repository and version?")),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/aiken-project/src/paths.rs b/crates/aiken-project/src/paths.rs
index def9946e..2d2af521 100644
--- a/crates/aiken-project/src/paths.rs
+++ b/crates/aiken-project/src/paths.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub fn default_aiken_cache() -> PathBuf {
         .join("aiken")
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct CacheKey {
     key: String,
 }