diff --git a/portforward.sh b/portforward.sh
index 6e15dbee..23205407 100644
--- a/portforward.sh
+++ b/portforward.sh
@@ -11,32 +11,47 @@ exitOnError(){
   fi
 }
 
+warnOnError(){
+  # $1 must be set to $?
+  status=$1
+  message=$2
+  [ "$message" != "" ] || message="Undefined error"
+  if [ $status != 0 ]; then
+    printf "[WARNING] $message, with status $status)\n"
+  fi
+}
+
 printf "[INFO] Reading forwarded port\n"
+printf " * Generating client ID...\n"
 client_id=`head -n 100 /dev/urandom | sha256sum | tr -d " -"`
 exitOnError $? "Unable to generate Client ID"
+printf " * Obtaining forward port from PIA server...\n"
 json=`wget -qO- "http://209.222.18.222:2000/?client_id=$client_id"`
+exitOnError $? "Could not obtain response from PIA server (does your PIA server support port forwarding?)"
 if [ "$json" == "" ]; then
-  printf " * Port forwarding is already activated on this connection, has expired, or you are not connected to a PIA region that supports port forwarding\n"
+  printf "[ERROR] Port forwarding is already activated on this connection, has expired, or you are not connected to a PIA region that supports port forwarding\n"
   exit 1
 fi
+printf " * Parsing JSON response...\n"
 port=`echo $json | jq .port`
+exitOnError $? "Cannot find port in JSON response"
+printf " * Writing forwarded port to file...\n"
 port_status_folder=`dirname "${PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE}"`
-if [ ! -d "${port_status_folder}" ]; then
-  mkdir -p "${port_status_folder}"
-fi
+warnOnError $? "Cannot find parent directory of ${PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE}"
+mkdir -p "${port_status_folder}"
+warnOnError $? "Cannot create containing directory ${port_status_folder}"
 echo "$port" > "${PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE}"
-printf " * Written forwarded port to ${PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE}\n"
-ip=`wget -qO- https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ip | grep -oE "\b([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\b"`
-exitOnError $? "Unable to read remote VPN IP"
-printf " * Forwarded port is $port on remote VPN IP $ip\n"
-printf " * Detecting target VPN interface..."
-TARGET_PATH="/openvpn/target"
-vpn_device=$(cat $TARGET_PATH/config.ovpn | grep 'dev ' | cut -d" " -f 2)0
-exitOnError $? "Unable to find VPN interface"
-printf "$vpn_device\n"
-printf " * Accepting input traffic through $vpn_device to port $port..."
+warnOnError $? "Cannot write port to ${PORT_FORWARDING_STATUS_FILE}"
+printf " * Detecting current VPN IP address...\n"
+ip=`wget -qO- https://duckduckgo.com/\?q=ip | grep -oE "\b([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}\b"`
+warnOnError $? "Cannot detect remote VPN IP on https://duckduckgo.com"
+printf " * Forwarded port accessible at $ip:$port\n"
+printf " * Detecting target VPN interface...\n"
+vpn_device=$(cat /openvpn/target/config.ovpn | grep 'dev ' | cut -d" " -f 2)0
+exitOnError $? "Unable to find VPN interface in /openvpn/target/config.ovpn"
+printf " * Accepting input traffic through $vpn_device to port $port...\n"
 iptables -A INPUT -i $vpn_device -p tcp --dport $port -j ACCEPT
 exitOnError $? "Unable to allow the forwarded port in TCP"
 iptables -A INPUT -i $vpn_device -p udp --dport $port -j ACCEPT
 exitOnError $? "Unable to allow the forwarded port in UDP"
-printf "DONE\n"
+printf "[INFO] Port forwarded successfully\n"