diff --git a/src/Linker/Linker.cpp b/src/Linker/Linker.cpp
index 511b881bf..87d254224 100644
--- a/src/Linker/Linker.cpp
+++ b/src/Linker/Linker.cpp
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ class Linker::Impl
         {
             if (!fs::is_regular_file(zonePath))
             {
-                printf("Could not find file \"%s\".\n", zonePath.c_str());
-                continue;
+                std::cout << "Could not find zone file to load \"" << zonePath << "\".\n";
+                return false;
             }
 
             auto absoluteZoneDirectory = absolute(std::filesystem::path(zonePath).remove_filename()).string();
@@ -545,13 +545,13 @@ class Linker::Impl
             auto zone = std::unique_ptr<Zone>(ZoneLoading::LoadZone(zonePath));
             if (zone == nullptr)
             {
-                printf("Failed to load zone \"%s\".\n", zonePath.c_str());
+                std::cout << "Failed to load zone \"" << zonePath << "\".\n";
                 return false;
             }
 
             if (m_args.m_verbose)
             {
-                printf("Loaded zone \"%s\"\n", zone->m_name.c_str());
+                std::cout << "Load zone \"" << zone->m_name << "\"\n";
             }
 
             m_loaded_zones.emplace_back(std::move(zone));
diff --git a/src/ObjLoading/AssetLoading/AssetLoadingManager.cpp b/src/ObjLoading/AssetLoading/AssetLoadingManager.cpp
index bc34497bb..e4fee2eef 100644
--- a/src/ObjLoading/AssetLoading/AssetLoadingManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ObjLoading/AssetLoading/AssetLoadingManager.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ XAssetInfoGeneric* AssetLoadingManager::LoadIgnoredDependency(const asset_type_t
         return lastDependency;
     }
 
-    std::cout << "Failed to create empty asset for type \"" << m_context.m_zone->m_pools->GetAssetTypeName(assetType) << "\"" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << "Failed to create empty asset \"" << assetName << "\" for type \"" << m_context.m_zone->m_pools->GetAssetTypeName(assetType) << "\"" << std::endl;
     return nullptr;
 }