diff --git a/bin/http_xsltproc.sh b/bin/http_xsltproc.sh
index 414e18a..091b6f9 100755
--- a/bin/http_xsltproc.sh
+++ b/bin/http_xsltproc.sh
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ if [ ! -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
 	/bin/mkdir "$CACHE_DIR"
 	exit_code=$?
 	if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to create dir: $CACHE_DIR" >&2
-		exit $exit_code
+		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to create dir $CACHE_DIR (exit code: $exit_code)" >&2
+		exit 2
 	fi
 fi
 $verbose_mode && printf "$script_name using cache directory: %s\n" "$CACHE_DIR"
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ for lib_filename in $LIB_FILENAMES; do
 	source "$lib_file" >&2
 	exit_code=$?
 	if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to source script $lib_file" >&2
-		exit $exit_code
+		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to source script $lib_file (exit code: $exit_code)" >&2
+		exit 2
 	fi
 done
 
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ else
 fi
 if [ ! -d "$TMP_DIR" ]; then
 	/bin/mkdir "$TMP_DIR"
-	exit_status=$?
-	if [ $exit_status -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to create dir: $TMP_DIR" >&2
-		exit $exit_status
+	exit_code=$?
+	if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to create dir $TMP_DIR (exit code: $exit_code)" >&2
+		exit 2
 	fi
 fi
 
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ $verbose_mode && printf "$script_name requesting resource: %s\n" "$xml_location"
 conditional_get $local_opts -d "$CACHE_DIR" -t "$TMP_DIR" "$xml_location" > "$xml_file"
 exit_code=$?
 if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-	echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to get resource: $location" >&2
-	printf "See output log: %s\n" "$TMP_DIR/$conditional_get_log" >&2
+	if [ $exit_code -gt 1 ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: $script_name failed to get resource: $location" >&2
+		printf "See output log: %s\n" "$TMP_DIR/$conditional_get_log" >&2
+	fi
 	exit $exit_code
 fi
 $verbose_mode && printf "$script_name successfully obtained XML file: %s\n" "$xml_file"
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ $verbose_mode && printf "$script_name writing xsltproc output to file: %s\n" "$x
 exit_code=$?
 if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
 	echo "ERROR: ${script_name}: xsltproc failed with status code: $exit_code" >&2
-	exit $exit_code
+	exit 3
 fi
 $verbose_mode && printf "$script_name successfully executed xsltproc\n"
 
@@ -273,16 +275,16 @@ if [ -z "$out_file" ]; then
 	/bin/cat "$xsltproc_out_file"
 	exit_code=$?
 	if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: ${script_name} unable to cat output to stdout" >&2
-		exit $exit_code
+		echo "ERROR: ${script_name} unable to cat output with status code: $exit_code" >&2
+		exit 3
 	fi
 else
 	$verbose_mode && printf "$script_name writing output to file: %s\n" "$out_file"
 	/bin/cp "$xsltproc_out_file" "$out_file"
 	exit_code=$?
 	if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
-		echo "ERROR: ${script_name} unable to copy output to file: $out_file" >&2
-		exit $exit_code
+		echo "ERROR: ${script_name} unable to copy output to file $out_file (exit code: $exit_code)" >&2
+		exit 3
 	fi
 fi