diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/IvyWrapper.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/IvyWrapper.java
index aae1ace772..20c823bb7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/IvyWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/IvyWrapper.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public void rawlog(String msg, int level) {
   static String ivysettingsXmlTemplate = null;
 
   static String ivyXmlTemplate = null;
+
   transient static IvyWrapper localInstance = null;
 
   public static final Filter NO_FILTER = NoFilter.INSTANCE;
@@ -404,97 +405,119 @@ public void installDependency(String location, ServiceDependency library) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  synchronized public void install(String location, String[] serviceTypes) {
-
-    try {
+  synchronized public void install(String location, String[] serviceTypes) throws IOException {
 
-      Set<ServiceDependency> targetLibraries = getUnfulfilledDependencies(serviceTypes);
+    Set<ServiceDependency> targetLibraries = getUnfulfilledDependencies(serviceTypes);
 
-      if (targetLibraries.size() == 0) {
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        for (String type : serviceTypes) {
-          if (type.lastIndexOf(".") > 0) {
-            sb.append(type.substring(type.lastIndexOf(".") + 1));
-          } else {
-            sb.append(type);
-          }
-          sb.append(" ");
+    if (targetLibraries.size() == 0) {
+      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+      for (String type : serviceTypes) {
+        if (type.lastIndexOf(".") > 0) {
+          sb.append(type.substring(type.lastIndexOf(".") + 1));
+        } else {
+          sb.append(type);
         }
-        info("%s already installed", sb.toString());
-        return;
+        sb.append(" ");
       }
+      info("%s already installed", sb.toString());
+      return;
+    }
 
-      publishStatus(Status.newInstance(Repo.class.getSimpleName(), StatusLevel.INFO, Repo.INSTALL_START, String.format("starting install of %s", (Object[]) serviceTypes)));
+    publishStatus(Status.newInstance(Repo.class.getSimpleName(), StatusLevel.INFO, Repo.INSTALL_START, String.format("starting install of %s", (Object[]) serviceTypes)));
 
-      log.info("installing {} services into {}", serviceTypes.length, location);
+    log.info("installing {} services into {}", serviceTypes.length, location);
 
-      // create build files - generates appropriate ivy.xml and settings files
-      // this service file should be marked as dependencies all others
-      // should be marked as provided
-      // ??? do "provided" get incorporate in the resolve ?
-      createBuildFiles(location, serviceTypes);
+    // create build files - generates appropriate ivy.xml and settings files
+    // this service file should be marked as dependencies all others
+    // should be marked as provided
+    // ??? do "provided" get incorporate in the resolve ?
+    createBuildFiles(location, serviceTypes);
 
-      Platform platform = Platform.getLocalInstance();
+    Platform platform = Platform.getLocalInstance();
 
-      // templates [originalname](-[classifier])(-[revision]).[ext]  parens are "optional"
-      String[] cmd = new String[] { "-settings", location + "/ivysettings.xml", "-ivy", location + "/ivy.xml", "-retrieve", location + "/jar" + "/[originalname].[ext]" };
+    // templates [originalname](-[classifier])(-[revision]).[ext] parens are
+    // "optional"
 
-      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-      sb.append("wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/" + IVY_VERSION + "/ivy-" + IVY_VERSION + ".jar\n");
-      sb.append("java -jar ivy-" + IVY_VERSION + ".jar");
-      for (String s : cmd) {
-        sb.append(" ");
-        sb.append(s);
-      }
+    List<String> cmd = new ArrayList<>();
+    cmd.add("-settings");
+    cmd.add(location + "/ivysettings.xml");
+    cmd.add("-ivy");
+    cmd.add(location + "/ivy.xml");
+    cmd.add("-retrieve");
+    cmd.add(location + "/jar" + "/[originalname].[ext]");
 
-      sb.append("\n");
+    int msgLevel = Message.MSG_WARN;
+    if (log.isWarnEnabled() || log.isErrorEnabled()) {
+      msgLevel = Message.MSG_WARN;
+      cmd.add("-warn");
+    } else {
+      msgLevel = Message.MSG_INFO;
+    }
 
-      log.info("cmd {}", sb);
-      FileIO.toFile("libraries/install.sh", sb.toString().getBytes());
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    sb.append("wget https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/" + IVY_VERSION + "/ivy-" + IVY_VERSION + ".jar\n");
+    sb.append("java -jar ivy-" + IVY_VERSION + ".jar");
+    for (String s : cmd) {
+      sb.append(" ");
+      sb.append(s);
+    }
 
-      Ivy ivy = Ivy.newInstance(); // <-- for future 2.5.x release
-      ivy.getLoggerEngine().pushLogger(new IvyWrapperLogger(Message.MSG_INFO));
+    sb.append("\n");
 
-      ResolveReport report = null;
-      List<String> err = new ArrayList<>();
-      try {
-         report = Main.run(cmd);
-      } catch(Exception e) {
-         err.add(e.toString());
-      }
+    log.info("cmd {}", sb);
+    FileIO.toFile("libraries/install.sh", sb.toString().getBytes());
 
-      // if no errors -h
-      // mark "service" as installed
-      // mark all libraries as installed
+    Ivy ivy = Ivy.newInstance(); // <-- for future 2.5.x release
+    ivy.getLoggerEngine().pushLogger(new IvyWrapperLogger(msgLevel));
 
-      if (report != null) {
-        List<String> problems = report.getAllProblemMessages();
-        for (String problem : problems) {
-          if (!problem.startsWith("WARN:  symlinkmass")) {
-            err.add(problem);
-          }
+    ResolveReport report = null;
+    List<String> err = new ArrayList<>();
+    try {
+      report = Main.run(cmd.toArray(new String[0]));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      err.add(e.toString());
+    }
+
+    // if no errors -h
+    // mark "service" as installed
+    // mark all libraries as installed
+
+    if (report != null) {
+      List<String> problems = report.getAllProblemMessages();
+      for (String problem : problems) {
+        if (!problem.startsWith("WARN:  symlinkmass")) {
+          err.add(problem);
         }
       }
+    }
 
-      if (err.size() > 0) {
-        log.error("had errors - repo will not be updated. Errors:\n{}", err);
-      } else {
-
-        // TODO - promote to Repo.setInstalled
-        for (ServiceDependency library : targetLibraries) {
-          // set as installed & save state
-          library.setInstalled(true);
-          installedLibraries.put(library.toString(), library);
-          info("installed %s platform %s", library, platform.getPlatformId());
-        }
-        save();
+    if (err.size() > 0) {
+      log.error("had errors - repo will not be updated. Errors:\n{}", err);
+    } else {
+
+      // TODO - promote to Repo.setInstalled
+      for (ServiceDependency library : targetLibraries) {
+        // set as installed & save state
+        library.setInstalled(true);
+        installedLibraries.put(library.toString(), library);
+        info("installed %s platform %s", library, platform.getPlatformId());
       }
+      save();
+    }
+
+    if (report == null) {
+      String errorDetail = String.format("There were problems resolving dependencies %s", (Object[]) serviceTypes);
+      log.error(errorDetail);
+      publishStatus(Status.newInstance(Repo.class.getSimpleName(), StatusLevel.ERROR, Repo.INSTALL_FINISHED, errorDetail));
+      throw new RuntimeException(errorDetail);
+    } else {
 
       ArtifactDownloadReport[] artifacts = report.getAllArtifactsReports();
       for (int i = 0; i < artifacts.length; ++i) {
         ArtifactDownloadReport ar = artifacts[i];
         Artifact artifact = ar.getArtifact();
-        // String filename = IvyPatternHelper.substitute("[originalname].[ext]",
+        // String filename =
+        // IvyPatternHelper.substitute("[originalname].[ext]",
         // artifact);
 
         File file = ar.getLocalFile();
@@ -508,17 +531,13 @@ synchronized public void install(String location, String[] serviceTypes) {
             info("unzipped %s", filename);
           } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error("unable to unzip file {}", filename, e);
+            throw new IOException(String.format("unable to unzip file %s", filename));
           }
         }
       }
 
       publishStatus(Status.newInstance(Repo.class.getSimpleName(), StatusLevel.INFO, Repo.INSTALL_FINISHED, String.format("finished install of %s", (Object[]) serviceTypes)));
-
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      error(e.getMessage());
-      log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
     }
-
   }
 
   private void publishStatus(String msg, int level) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/Repo.java b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/Repo.java
index 2253e4753f..9262834da1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/Repo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/Repo.java
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ public abstract class Repo {
    */
   protected static String LOCATION = null;
 
-  List<Status> errors = new ArrayList<Status>();
+  protected List<Status> errors = new ArrayList<Status>();
 
-  Map<String, ServiceDependency> installedLibraries = new TreeMap<String, ServiceDependency>();
+  protected Map<String, ServiceDependency> installedLibraries = new TreeMap<String, ServiceDependency>();
 
   public String getRepoPath() {
     return LOCATION + File.separator + REPO_STATE_FILE_NAME;
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static public void info(String format, Object... args) {
     publishStatus(Status.info(format, args));
   }
 
-  synchronized public void install() {
+  synchronized public void install() throws Exception {
     // if a runtime exits we'll broadcast we are starting to install
     ServiceData sd = ServiceData.getLocalInstance();
     info("starting installation of %s services", sd.getServiceTypeNames().length);
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ synchronized public void install() {
     info("finished installing %d services", sd.getServiceTypeNames().length);
   }
 
-  synchronized public void install(String serviceType) {
+  synchronized public void install(String serviceType) throws Exception {
     install(getInstallDir(), serviceType);
   }
 
-  synchronized public void install(String location, String serviceType) {
+  synchronized public void install(String location, String serviceType) throws Exception {
 
     String[] types = null;
     if (serviceType == null) {
@@ -403,18 +403,18 @@ synchronized public void installDependency(String libraries, String[] installDep
 
   abstract public void installDependency(String location, ServiceDependency serviceTypes);
 
-  abstract public void install(String location, String[] serviceTypes);
+  abstract public void install(String location, String[] serviceTypes) throws IOException;
 
-  synchronized public void install(String[] serviceTypes) {
+  synchronized public void install(String[] serviceTypes) throws Exception {
     install(getInstallDir(), serviceTypes);
   }
 
-  public void installEach() {
+  public void installEach() throws Exception {
     String workDir = String.format(String.format("libraries.ivy.services.%d", System.currentTimeMillis()));
     installEachTo(workDir);
   }
 
-  public void installEachTo(String location) {
+  public void installEachTo(String location) throws Exception {
     // if a runtime exits we'll broadcast we are starting to install
     ServiceData sd = ServiceData.getLocalInstance();
     String[] serviceNames = sd.getServiceTypeNames();
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public void installEachTo(String location) {
     info("finished installing %d services", sd.getServiceTypeNames().length);
   }
 
-  public void installTo(String location) {
+  public void installTo(String location) throws Exception {
     // if a runtime exits we'll broadcast we are starting to install
     ServiceData sd = ServiceData.getLocalInstance();
     info("starting installation of %s services", sd.getServiceTypeNames().length);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/RepoTest.java b/src/test/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/RepoTest.java
index 17a7a63c65..f2715dc90d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/RepoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/myrobotlab/framework/repo/RepoTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testAddStatusListener() throws ParseException, IOException {
+  public void testAddStatusListener() throws Exception {
     Repo repo = Repo.getInstance();
     repo.addStatusPublisher(this);
     repo.install("Arduino");
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ public void testGetUnfulfilledDependencies() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testIsInstalled() throws ParseException, IOException {
+  public void testIsInstalled() throws Exception {
     Repo repo = Repo.getInstance();
     repo.clear();
     repo.install("Arduino");