diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c8a10e4..eb54ea0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "hooks",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "hooks",
-      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "version": "0.1.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/jest": "^27.5.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3e6e94f..a0594dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hooks",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "Three projects are included - k8s: a kubernetes hook implementation that spins up pods dynamically to run a job - docker: A hook implementation of the runner's docker implementation  - A hook lib, which contains shared typescript definitions and utilities that the other packages consume",
   "main": "",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
index b1213fc..637856b 100644
--- a/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
+++ b/packages/k8s/src/k8s/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as k8s from '@kubernetes/client-node'
 import { ContainerInfo, Registry } from 'hooklib'
 import * as stream from 'stream'
@@ -200,12 +201,13 @@ export async function execPodStep(
         if (resp.status === 'Success') {
           resolve(resp.code)
         } else {
-          reject(
+          core.debug(
             JSON.stringify({
               message: resp?.message,
               details: resp?.details
             })
           )
+          reject(resp?.message)
         }
       }
     )
diff --git a/releaseNotes.md b/releaseNotes.md
index a3fdff2..67ab7ce 100644
--- a/releaseNotes.md
+++ b/releaseNotes.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ## Features
-- Loosened the restriction on `ACTIONS_RUNNER_CLAIM_NAME` to be optional, not required for k8s hooks
 
 ## Bugs
-
+- Improved error handling so that more actionable error messages are displayed for k8s hooks failures [#19]
 
 ## Misc 
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