diff --git a/bin/docker.js b/bin/docker.js
index c1847480..0f6c6744 100755
--- a/bin/docker.js
+++ b/bin/docker.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // @ts-check
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import { execFile as unpromisifiedExecFile } from 'node:child_process';
-import util from 'node:util';
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 
-const execFile = util.promisify(unpromisifiedExecFile);
+const execFile = promisify(unpromisifiedExecFile);
 
 /**
  * Retrieves and parses the docker image metadata
diff --git a/bin/set-major-version-tag.js b/bin/set-major-version-tag.js
index e60997f0..ada20ac6 100755
--- a/bin/set-major-version-tag.js
+++ b/bin/set-major-version-tag.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env node
 // @ts-check
 import { execFile as unpromisifiedExecFile } from 'node:child_process';
-import util from 'node:util';
+import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 
 import { parse } from 'semver';
 
 import pkg from '../package.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
-const execFile = util.promisify(unpromisifiedExecFile);
+const execFile = promisify(unpromisifiedExecFile);
 
 /**
  * Runs command and logs all output
diff --git a/src/lib/prompts.ts b/src/lib/prompts.ts
index 651d5e16..7a612fcc 100644
--- a/src/lib/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/lib/prompts.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Choice, PromptObject } from 'prompts';
 import parse from 'parse-link-header';
 import semver from 'semver';
 
+import { debug } from './logger.js';
 import promptTerminal from './promptWrapper.js';
 import { handleRes } from './readmeAPIFetch.js';
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ const updateOasPrompt = (
           );
           return specId;
         } catch (e) {
+          debug(`error retrieving previous specs: ${e.message}`);
           return null;
         }
       } else if (spec === 'next') {
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ const updateOasPrompt = (
           );
           return specId;
         } catch (e) {
+          debug(`error retrieving next specs: ${e.message}`);
           return null;
         }
       }