diff --git a/packages/core/src/AssetPack.ts b/packages/core/src/AssetPack.ts
index 204dcd7..546b8c0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/AssetPack.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/AssetPack.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export class AssetPack
             }
             else
             {
+                Logger.warn('cache not found, clearing output folder');
+
                 // to be safe - lets nuke the folder as the cache is empty
                 fs.removeSync(this._outputPath);
             }
diff --git a/packages/json/test/Json.test.ts b/packages/json/test/Json.test.ts
index e609aed..085f136 100644
--- a/packages/json/test/Json.test.ts
+++ b/packages/json/test/Json.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,6 @@ describe('Json', () =>
 
         const data = readFileSync(`${outputDir}/json/json.json`, 'utf8');
 
-        expect(data.replace(/\\/g, '').trim()).toEqual(`{\"hello\":\"world\",\"Im\":\"not broken\"}`);
+        expect(data.replace(/\\/g, '').trim()).toEqual(`{"hello":"world","Im":"not broken"}`);
     });
 });