diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml
index c40d52b..2b99af7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_check.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: create stub themes
         run: "echo '{\"layers\": [], \"themes\": []}' > ./assets/generated/known_layers_and_themes.json"
   
-      - name: Compile license info; creates missing_licenses.txt if any missing
+      - name: Compile license info
         run: npm run validate:licenses
      
-      - name: Compile and validate themes and layers; creates layer_report.txt if any errors are found
+      - name: Compile and validate themes and layers
         run: npm run validate:layeroverview 
diff --git a/scripts/generateLicenseInfo.ts b/scripts/generateLicenseInfo.ts
index 95dbbcc..39c96e8 100644
--- a/scripts/generateLicenseInfo.ts
+++ b/scripts/generateLicenseInfo.ts
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ if(process.argv.indexOf("--prompt") >= 0 || process.argv.indexOf("--query") >= 0
 }
 if(missingLicenses.length > 0){
     const msg = `There are ${missingLicenses.length} licenses missing.`
+    console.error(msg)
     if(process.argv.indexOf("--no-fail") >= 0){
-        console.log(msg)
+      
     }else if(process.argv.indexOf("--report") >= 0){
         writeFileSync("missing_licenses.txt", missingLicenses.join("\n"))
     } else{
-
         throw msg
     }
 }