diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1af0bd330..7385f3e5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ The project is very much Work In Progress and will be published on maven central
 # Release Notes
 BOAT is still under development and subject to change.
 
+## 0.14.5
+* *Boat Marina*
+  * Added `boat-markers` directory in target to keep track of successful and unsuccessful actions on OpenAPI specs
+
 ## 0.14.4
 
 * *Boat Marina*
diff --git a/boat-engine/pom.xml b/boat-engine/pom.xml
index 933173d22..91adfaca6 100644
--- a/boat-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-engine/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>boat-engine</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/boat-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/boat-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 6b5eaced6..7ccc7291f 100644
--- a/boat-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>boat-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/boat-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GenerateFromDirectoryDocMojo.java b/boat-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GenerateFromDirectoryDocMojo.java
index 01324b2e1..e61e648a0 100644
--- a/boat-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GenerateFromDirectoryDocMojo.java
+++ b/boat-maven-plugin/src/main/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GenerateFromDirectoryDocMojo.java
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.DirectoryScanner;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
@@ -17,67 +23,107 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class GenerateFromDirectoryDocMojo extends GenerateMojo {
 
-  @Parameter(defaultValue = "**/*-api-*.yaml")
-  protected String openApiFileFilters;
+    @Parameter(defaultValue = "**/*-api-*.yaml")
+    protected String openApiFileFilters;
 
+    @Parameter(property = "markersDirectory", defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}/boat-markers")
+    protected File markersDirectory;
 
-  @Override
-  public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
-    if (inputSpec != null) {
-      File inputSpecFile = new File(inputSpec);
-      fileInputExecute(inputSpecFile);
-    } else {
-      log.info("Input read as Artifact");
-      super.execute();
+    @Override
+    public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (inputSpec != null) {
+            File inputSpecFile = new File(inputSpec);
+            fileInputExecute(inputSpecFile);
+        } else {
+            log.info("Input read as Artifact");
+            super.execute();
+        }
     }
-  }
 
-  private void fileInputExecute(File inputSpecFile) throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+    private void fileInputExecute(File inputSpecFile) throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
 
-    if (inputSpecFile.isDirectory()) {
-      log.info("inputSpec is being read as a directory");
+        if (inputSpecFile.isDirectory()) {
+            log.info("inputSpec is being read as a directory");
 
-      File[] inputSpecs;
-      File outPutDirectory = output;
+            File[] inputSpecs;
+            File outPutDirectory = output;
 
-      inputSpecs = findAllOpenApiSpecs(inputSpecFile);
+            inputSpecs = findAllOpenApiSpecs(inputSpecFile);
 
-      if (inputSpecs.length == 0) {
-        throw new MojoExecutionException("No OpenAPI specs found in: " + inputSpec);
-      }
+            if (inputSpecs.length == 0) {
+                throw new MojoExecutionException("No OpenAPI specs found in: " + inputSpec);
+            }
 
-      for (File f : inputSpecs) {
-        inputSpec = f.getPath();
-        output = new File(outPutDirectory.getPath(), f.getName().substring(0, f.getName().lastIndexOf(".")));
+            List<File> success = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<File> failed = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (File f : inputSpecs) {
+                inputSpec = f.getPath();
+                output = new File(outPutDirectory.getPath(), f.getName().substring(0, f.getName().lastIndexOf(".")));
 
-        if (!output.exists()) {
-          output.mkdir();
-        }
+                if (!output.exists()) {
+                    try {
+                        Files.createDirectory(output.toPath());
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        log.error("Failed to create output directory", e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                log.info(" Generating docs for spec {} in directory", f.getName());
+                try {
+                    super.execute();
+                    success.add(f);
+                } catch (MojoExecutionException | MojoFailureException e) {
+                    log.error("Failed to generate doc for spec: {}", inputSpec);
+                    failed.add(f);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (markersDirectory != null) {
+                try {
+                    if (!markersDirectory.exists()) {
+                        Files.createDirectory(markersDirectory.toPath());
+                    }
+
+                    Files.write(new File(markersDirectory, "success.lst").toPath(),
+                            listOfFilesToString(success).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+                            StandardOpenOption.CREATE,
+                            StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+                    Files.write(new File(markersDirectory, "failed.lst").toPath(),
+                            listOfFilesToString(failed).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+                            StandardOpenOption.CREATE,
+                            StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
+
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    log.error("Failed to write BOAT markers to: {}", markersDirectory, e);
+                    throw new MojoExecutionException("Failed to write BOAT markers", e);
+
+                }
+
+            }
+
+
+        } else {
+
+            log.info("inputSpec being read as a single file");
+            super.execute();
 
-        log.info(" Generating docs for spec {} in directory", f.getName());
-        try {
-          super.execute();
-        } catch (MojoExecutionException | MojoFailureException e) {
-          log.error("Failed to generate doc for spec: {}", inputSpec);
         }
-      }
+    }
 
-    } else {
+    private String listOfFilesToString(List<File> files) {
+        return files.stream()
+                .map(File::getPath)
+                .collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
+    }
 
-      log.info("inputSpec being read as a single file");
-      super.execute();
+    private File[] findAllOpenApiSpecs(File specDirectory) {
+        DirectoryScanner directoryScanner = new DirectoryScanner();
+        directoryScanner.setBasedir(specDirectory);
+        directoryScanner.setIncludes(openApiFileFilters.replace(" ", "").split(","));
+        directoryScanner.scan();
 
+        String[] includedFiles = directoryScanner.getIncludedFiles();
+        return Arrays.stream(includedFiles).map(pathname -> new File(specDirectory, pathname))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList()).toArray(new File[]{});
     }
-  }
-
-  private File[] findAllOpenApiSpecs(File specDirectory) {
-    DirectoryScanner directoryScanner = new DirectoryScanner();
-    directoryScanner.setBasedir(specDirectory);
-    directoryScanner.setIncludes(openApiFileFilters.replace(" ", "").split(","));
-    directoryScanner.scan();
-
-    String[] includedFiles = directoryScanner.getIncludedFiles();
-    return Arrays.stream(includedFiles).map(pathname -> new File(specDirectory, pathname))
-            .collect(Collectors.toList()).toArray(new File[]{});
-  }
 }
diff --git a/boat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GeneratorTests.java b/boat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GeneratorTests.java
index 9e9848e82..839e21df8 100644
--- a/boat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GeneratorTests.java
+++ b/boat-maven-plugin/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/boat/GeneratorTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import org.sonatype.plexus.build.incremental.DefaultBuildContext;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.*;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 @Slf4j
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ void testBoatDocs() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
         mojo.skipIfSpecIsUnchanged = false;
         mojo.bundleSpecs = true;
         mojo.dereferenceComponents = true;
+        mojo.markersDirectory = new File("target/boat-markers");
         mojo.execute();
 
         assertThat(output.list()).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("index.html", ".openapi-generator-ignore", ".openapi-generator");
@@ -112,10 +115,82 @@ void testBoatDocsWithDirectory() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureExcep
         mojo.bundleSpecs = true;
         mojo.dereferenceComponents = true;
         mojo.openApiFileFilters = "**/*.yaml";
+        mojo.markersDirectory = new File("target/boat-markers");
         mojo.execute();
+
+
         assertThat(output.list()).contains("link", "petstore", "petstore-new-non-breaking", "upto");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testBoatDocsWithDirectoryAndInvalidFiles() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+
+        String spec = System.getProperty("spec", getClass().getResource("/oas-examples").getFile());
+
+        log.info("Generating docs for: {}", spec);
+
+        GenerateDocMojo mojo = new GenerateDocMojo();
+        File input = new File(spec);
+        File output = new File("target/boat-docs-directory");
+        if (!output.exists()) {
+            output.mkdirs();
+        }
+
+        DefaultBuildContext defaultBuildContext = new DefaultBuildContext();
+        defaultBuildContext.enableLogging(new ConsoleLogger());
+
+        mojo.getLog();
+        mojo.buildContext = defaultBuildContext;
+        mojo.project = new MavenProject();
+        mojo.inputSpec = input.getAbsolutePath();
+        mojo.output = output;
+        mojo.skip = false;
+        mojo.skipIfSpecIsUnchanged = false;
+        mojo.bundleSpecs = true;
+        mojo.dereferenceComponents = true;
+        mojo.openApiFileFilters = "**/*.yaml";
+        mojo.markersDirectory = new File("target/boat-markers");
+        mojo.execute();
+
+
+        assertThat(output.list()).contains("link", "petstore", "petstore-new-non-breaking", "upto");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testBoatDocsWithNonExistingMarkersDirectory() {
+
+        assertThatExceptionOfType(MojoExecutionException.class).isThrownBy(() -> {
+            String spec = System.getProperty("spec", getClass().getResource("/boat-doc-oas-examples").getFile());
+
+            log.info("Generating docs for: {}", spec);
+
+            GenerateDocMojo mojo = new GenerateDocMojo();
+            File input = new File(spec);
+            File output = new File("target/boat-docs-directory");
+            if (!output.exists()) {
+                output.mkdirs();
+            }
+
+            DefaultBuildContext defaultBuildContext = new DefaultBuildContext();
+            defaultBuildContext.enableLogging(new ConsoleLogger());
+
+            mojo.getLog();
+            mojo.buildContext = defaultBuildContext;
+            mojo.project = new MavenProject();
+            mojo.inputSpec = input.getAbsolutePath();
+            mojo.output = output;
+            mojo.skip = false;
+            mojo.skipIfSpecIsUnchanged = false;
+            mojo.bundleSpecs = true;
+            mojo.dereferenceComponents = true;
+            mojo.openApiFileFilters = "**/*.yaml";
+            mojo.markersDirectory = new File(" //43243 \\d a1r1\4t 11t134 t835jyz");
+            mojo.execute();
+        });
+
+
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testBundledBoatDocs() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
 
diff --git a/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/pom.xml b/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/pom.xml
index 0403175a1..c883989ab 100644
--- a/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-quay/boat-quay-lint/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>boat-quay</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>boat-quay-lint</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/boat-quay/boat-quay-rules/pom.xml b/boat-quay/boat-quay-rules/pom.xml
index d78041544..a53a5361e 100644
--- a/boat-quay/boat-quay-rules/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-quay/boat-quay-rules/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>boat-quay</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>boat-quay-rules</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/boat-quay/pom.xml b/boat-quay/pom.xml
index 00b35528e..ac3a4928e 100644
--- a/boat-quay/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-quay/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
 
diff --git a/boat-scaffold/pom.xml b/boat-scaffold/pom.xml
index 978ef6167..50716b726 100644
--- a/boat-scaffold/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-scaffold/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>boat-scaffold</artifactId>
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
             <artifactId>boat-trail-resources</artifactId>
-            <version>0.14.4</version>
+            <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                             <projectsDirectory>target/boat-spring-templates-tests</projectsDirectory>
                             <failIfNoProjects>true</failIfNoProjects>
                             <pomIncludes>
-                                <pomInclude>pom.xml</pomInclude>
+                                <pomInclude>**/pom.xml</pomInclude>
                             </pomIncludes>
                             <streamLogs>true</streamLogs>
                             <goals>
diff --git a/boat-scaffold/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/codegen/java/BoatSpringTemplatesTests.java b/boat-scaffold/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/codegen/java/BoatSpringTemplatesTests.java
index b39601179..18196919b 100644
--- a/boat-scaffold/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/codegen/java/BoatSpringTemplatesTests.java
+++ b/boat-scaffold/src/test/java/com/backbase/oss/codegen/java/BoatSpringTemplatesTests.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ private void invoke(Method m) {
 
     void generate(Combination param) {
         this.param = param;
-        this.files = generateFrom(null);
+        this.files = generateFrom(null, param.name);
         // used in development
         // this.files = generateFrom("openapi-generator-originals/JavaSpring-4.3.1");
 
@@ -263,13 +263,13 @@ private boolean contentMatches(String path, Predicate<String> lineMatch) {
         }
     }
 
-    private List<File> generateFrom(String templates) {
+    private List<File> generateFrom(String templates, String combination) {
         final File input = new File("src/test/resources/boat-spring/openapi.yaml");
         final CodegenConfigurator gcf = new CodegenConfigurator();
 
         gcf.setGeneratorName(BoatSpringCodeGen.NAME);
         gcf.setInputSpec(input.getAbsolutePath());
-        gcf.setOutputDir(TEST_OUTPUT);
+        gcf.setOutputDir(TEST_OUTPUT + "/" + combination);
 
         GlobalSettings.setProperty(CodegenConstants.APIS, "");
         GlobalSettings.setProperty(CodegenConstants.API_DOCS, "true");
diff --git a/boat-terminal/pom.xml b/boat-terminal/pom.xml
index 7f13d67c6..bf650a969 100644
--- a/boat-terminal/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-terminal/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>boat-terminal</artifactId>
diff --git a/boat-trail-resources/pom.xml b/boat-trail-resources/pom.xml
index e937d7e44..5d74b6387 100644
--- a/boat-trail-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/boat-trail-resources/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>boat-trail-resources</artifactId>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1e084858..4e08a5a1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-    <version>0.14.4</version>
+    <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <description>Backbase Open Api Tools will help you converting RAML to OpenAPI plus many more</description>
 
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index d06cd09a1..261eb9bef 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.backbase.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>backbase-openapi-tools</artifactId>
-        <version>0.14.4</version>
+        <version>0.14.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tests</artifactId>