diff --git a/utils/get-image-architectures b/utils/get-image-architectures
index d0bcd71..0eb35a8 100755
--- a/utils/get-image-architectures
+++ b/utils/get-image-architectures
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # script:      get-image-architectures
-# 
+#
 # description: This script fetches all architectures and their digests for a passed image.
 #              It will output each arch on its own line, as json.
 #
-# example command:  
+# example command:
 #              get-image-architectures IMAGE where IMAGE is quay.io/org/repo@sha256:abcde for example
 #
 
 IMAGE=$1
 
 if [ -z "${IMAGE}" ] || [[ "${IMAGE}" == docker://* ]] ; then
-    echo -e "Please pass an image (without the docker:// prefix) to find the architectures for"
+    echo "Please pass an image (without the docker:// prefix) to find the architectures for" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
 RAW_OUTPUT=$(skopeo inspect --no-tags --raw docker://${IMAGE})
 
+if [ -z "$RAW_OUTPUT" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Unable to fetch image details with skopeo inspect" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
 ARTIFACT_TYPE=$(jq -r '.artifactType' <<< $RAW_OUTPUT)
 if [ "$ARTIFACT_TYPE" != "null" ] ; then
     # OCI artifact (not a normal image)