diff --git a/cmd/state/main.go b/cmd/state/main.go
index 65e11674d2..84ae4a16fb 100644
--- a/cmd/state/main.go
+++ b/cmd/state/main.go
@@ -79,8 +79,14 @@ func main() {
 	var err error
 	cfg, err = config.New()
 	if err != nil {
-		multilog.Critical("Could not initialize config: %v", errs.JoinMessage(err))
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not load config, if this problem persists please reinstall the State Tool. Error: %s\n", errs.JoinMessage(err))
+		if !locale.IsInputError(err) {
+			multilog.Critical("Could not initialize config: %v", errs.JoinMessage(err))
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Could not load config, if this problem persists please reinstall the State Tool. Error: %s\n", errs.JoinMessage(err))
+		} else {
+			for _, err2 := range locale.UnpackError(err) {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, err2.Error())
+			}
+		}
 		exitCode = 1
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/internal/logging/logging.go b/internal/logging/logging.go
index 6f0c5e6f73..1ac62a772b 100644
--- a/internal/logging/logging.go
+++ b/internal/logging/logging.go
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ type LoggingHandler interface {
 
 type standardHandler struct {
 	formatter Formatter
+	verbose   bool
 }
 
 func (l *standardHandler) SetFormatter(f Formatter) {
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ func (l *standardHandler) SetFormatter(f Formatter) {
 }
 
 func (l *standardHandler) SetVerbose(v bool) {
+	l.verbose = v
 }
 
 func (l *standardHandler) Output() io.Writer {
@@ -143,7 +145,9 @@ func (l *standardHandler) Output() io.Writer {
 
 // default handling interface - just
 func (l *standardHandler) Emit(ctx *MessageContext, message string, args ...interface{}) error {
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, l.formatter.Format(ctx, message, args...))
+	if l.verbose {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, l.formatter.Format(ctx, message, args...))
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +162,7 @@ func (l *standardHandler) Close() {}
 
 var currentHandler LoggingHandler = &standardHandler{
 	DefaultFormatter,
+	os.Getenv("VERBOSE") != "",
 }
 
 // Set the current handler of the library. We currently support one handler, but it might be nice to have more
diff --git a/internal/osutils/user/user.go b/internal/osutils/user/user.go
index 56bacb3791..1b485d0fab 100644
--- a/internal/osutils/user/user.go
+++ b/internal/osutils/user/user.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (e *HomeDirNotFoundError) Error() string {
 	return homeDirNotFoundErrorMessage
 }
 
-func (e *HomeDirNotFoundError) LocalizedError() string {
+func (e *HomeDirNotFoundError) LocaleError() string {
 	return homeDirNotFoundErrorMessage
 }