diff --git a/dorado/data_loader/ModelFinder.cpp b/dorado/data_loader/ModelFinder.cpp
index f12045d3..1388108a 100644
--- a/dorado/data_loader/ModelFinder.cpp
+++ b/dorado/data_loader/ModelFinder.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ ModelSelection ModelComplexParser::parse(const std::string& arg) {
                 spdlog::trace("Model option: '{}' unknown - assuming path", variant_str);
                 selection.model = ModelVariantPair{model_variant};
             } else {
-                spdlog::trace("'{}' found variant: '{}' and version: '{}'", variant_str),
-                        to_string(model_variant), to_string(version);
+                spdlog::trace("'{}' found variant: '{}' and version: '{}'", variant_str,
+                              to_string(model_variant), to_string(version));
                 selection.model = ModelVariantPair{model_variant, version};
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/dorado/models/models.cpp b/dorado/models/models.cpp
index f2ccf3de..58489568 100644
--- a/dorado/models/models.cpp
+++ b/dorado/models/models.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void suggest_models(const std::vector<ModelInfo>& models,
                     const ModelVariantPair& model,
                     const ModsVariantPair& mods) {
     if (Chemistry::NONE == chemistry) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("cannot get model without chemistry");
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot get model without chemistry");
     }
 
     if (mods.has_variant()) {
@@ -154,18 +154,16 @@ ModelInfo find_model(const std::vector<ModelInfo>& models,
                      const ModsVariantPair& mods,
                      bool suggestions) {
     if (Chemistry::NONE == chemistry) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("cannot get model without chemistry");
+        throw std::runtime_error("Cannot get model without chemistry");
     }
     const auto matches = find_models(models, chemistry, model, mods);
 
     if (matches.empty()) {
+        spdlog::error("Failed to get {} model", description);
         if (suggestions) {
-            spdlog::error("Failed to get {} model. No matches for {}", description,
-                          format_msg(chemistry, model, mods));
             suggest_models(models, description, chemistry, model, mods);
         }
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to get " + description + " model. No matches for " +
-                                 format_msg(chemistry, model, mods));
+        throw std::runtime_error("No matches for " + format_msg(chemistry, model, mods));
     }
 
     // Get the only match or the latest model