diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 783d9afa8..a0fa774f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.7.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210317091845-390168757d9c
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210317225723-c4fcb01b228e
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 v4.13.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c5f986e31..1641c7e27 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1224,6 +1224,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210316164454-77fc1eacc6aa h1:ZYxPR6aca/uhfRJyaOAtflSHj
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210316164454-77fc1eacc6aa/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210317091845-390168757d9c h1:WGyvPg8lhdtSkb8BiYWdtPlLSommHOmJHFvzWODI7BQ=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210317091845-390168757d9c/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210317225723-c4fcb01b228e h1:XNp2Flc/1eWQGk5BLzqTAN7fQIwIbfyVTuVxXxZh73M=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210317225723-c4fcb01b228e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20160726164857-2910a502d2bf/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
diff --git a/pkg/cli/color-console_windows.go b/pkg/cli/color-console_windows.go
index 68973d6ec..07f4feb1a 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/color-console_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/color-console_windows.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/windows"
 )
 
 // In order for colored output to work on Windows, we need to explicitly
diff --git a/pkg/cli/output_writer.go b/pkg/cli/output_writer.go
index 80bbbc5f1..5bf82a3ed 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/output_writer.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/output_writer.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
-	"github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/termcolor"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/termcolor"
 )
 
 // NewOutputWriter gets a new io.Writer based on os.Stdout.
diff --git a/pkg/cli/register.go b/pkg/cli/register.go
index 8eb088d5c..e3b791dee 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/register.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/register.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-const configEnvvarName = "TERRASCAN_CONFIG"
-
 // RegisterCommand Registers a new command under the base command
 func RegisterCommand(baseCommand *cobra.Command, command *cobra.Command) {
 	baseCommand.AddCommand(command)
@@ -47,23 +45,16 @@ func Execute() {
 		// Set up the logger
 		logging.Init(LogType, LogLevel)
 
-		var configfile string
-		if len(ConfigFile) > 0 {
-			configfile = ConfigFile
-		}
-
-		if len(configfile) == 0 {
-			configfile = os.Getenv(configEnvvarName)
+		if len(ConfigFile) == 0 {
+			ConfigFile = os.Getenv(config.ConfigEnvvarName)
+			zap.S().Debugf("%s:%s", config.ConfigEnvvarName, os.Getenv(config.ConfigEnvvarName))
 		}
 
-		zap.S().Debugf("%s=%s", configEnvvarName, os.Getenv(configEnvvarName))
-
 		// Make sure we load the global config from the specified config file
-		if err := config.LoadGlobalConfig(configfile); err != nil {
+		if err := config.LoadGlobalConfig(ConfigFile); err != nil {
 			zap.S().Error("error while loading global config", zap.Error(err))
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-
 	})
 
 	// parse the flags but hack around to avoid exiting with error code 2 on help
diff --git a/pkg/config/global.go b/pkg/config/global.go
index 5a0a117f2..ff2da9e98 100644
--- a/pkg/config/global.go
+++ b/pkg/config/global.go
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const (
 	defaultPolicyBranch  = "master"
 )
 
+const ConfigEnvvarName = "TERRASCAN_CONFIG"
+
 var (
 	defaultPolicyRepoPath = filepath.Join("pkg", "policies", "opa", "rego")
 	defaultBasePolicyPath = filepath.Join(utils.GetHomeDir(), ".terrascan")
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ func LoadGlobalConfig(configFile string) error {
 	}
 
 	if len(configReader.getPolicyConfig().BasePath) > 0 && len(configReader.getPolicyConfig().RepoPath) == 0 {
-		zap.S().Warnf("policy base path specified in configfile %s, but rego_subdir path not specified.", configFile)
+		zap.S().Warnf("policy base path specified in configfile '%s', but rego_subdir path not specified. applying default rego_subdir value '%s'", configFile, GetPolicyRepoPath())
 	}
 
 	if len(configReader.getPolicyConfig().RepoPath) > 0 && len(configReader.getPolicyConfig().BasePath) == 0 {
-		zap.S().Warnf("policy rego_subdir specified in configfile %s, but base path not specified.", configFile)
+		zap.S().Warnf("policy rego_subdir specified in configfile '%s', but base path not specified. applying default base path value '%s'", configFile, GetPolicyBasePath())
 	}
 
 	if len(configReader.getPolicyConfig().BasePath) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/initialize/run.go b/pkg/initialize/run.go
index b60d25332..6f610f66a 100644
--- a/pkg/initialize/run.go
+++ b/pkg/initialize/run.go
@@ -38,14 +38,9 @@ const terrascanReadmeURL string = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/accurics/te
 func Run(isNonInitCmd bool) error {
 	zap.S().Debug("initializing terrascan")
 
-	zap.S().Debugf("rego subdir path : %s", config.GetPolicyRepoPath())
 	// check if policy paths exist
 	if path, err := os.Stat(config.GetPolicyRepoPath()); err == nil && path.IsDir() {
-
-		zap.S().Debug("EXISTS AND IS A DIR")
 		if isNonInitCmd {
-			zap.S().Debug("IS NON INIT")
-
 			return nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -67,14 +62,13 @@ func Run(isNonInitCmd bool) error {
 func DownloadPolicies() error {
 
 	policyBasePath := config.GetPolicyBasePath()
-	policyRepoPath := config.GetPolicyRepoPath()
 	repoURL := config.GetPolicyRepoURL()
 	branch := config.GetPolicyBranch()
 
 	zap.S().Debug("downloading policies")
 
 	zap.S().Debugf("base directory path : %s", policyBasePath)
-	zap.S().Debugf("policy directory path : %s", policyRepoPath)
+	zap.S().Debugf("policy directory path : %s", config.GetPolicyRepoPath())
 	zap.S().Debugf("policy repo url : %s", repoURL)
 	zap.S().Debugf("policy repo git branch : %s", branch)
 
diff --git a/pkg/notifications/notifiers.go b/pkg/notifications/notifiers.go
index d25938e52..f3aec807c 100644
--- a/pkg/notifications/notifiers.go
+++ b/pkg/notifications/notifiers.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 	errNotifierNotSupported   = fmt.Errorf("notifier not supported")
 	errNotifierTypeNotPresent = fmt.Errorf("notifier type not present in toml config")
 	// ErrNotificationNotPresent error is caused when there isn't any notification present in the config
-	ErrNotificationNotPresent = fmt.Errorf("no notification present")
+	ErrNotificationNotPresent = fmt.Errorf("no notification specified in the config")
 )
 
 // NewNotifier returns a new notifier
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ func NewNotifiers() ([]Notifier, error) {
 	// get config for 'notifications'
 	notifications := config.GetNotifications()
 	if len(notifications) == 0 {
-		zap.S().Debug("no notification detected from config")
 		return notifiers, ErrNotificationNotPresent
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/executor_test.go b/pkg/runtime/executor_test.go
index ca63be4d6..1effb0ea2 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/executor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/executor_test.go
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ package runtime
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
 	iacProvider "github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/iac-providers"
 	tfv12 "github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/iac-providers/terraform/v12"
 	tfv14 "github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/iac-providers/terraform/v14"
 	"github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/notifications/webhook"
-	"reflect"
-	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/accurics/terrascan/pkg/iac-providers/output"
diff --git a/pkg/termcolor/termcolor.go b/pkg/termcolor/termcolor.go
index f1659b1ec..66e47e208 100644
--- a/pkg/termcolor/termcolor.go
+++ b/pkg/termcolor/termcolor.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package termcolor
 
 import (
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/test/e2e/init/init_test.go b/test/e2e/init/init_test.go
index 3aea8c250..a98d25ba8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/init/init_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/init/init_test.go
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ var (
 
 	testPolicyRepoPath = filepath.Join(utils.GetHomeDir(), ".terrascan-test")
 	testRegoSubDirPath = filepath.Join(testPolicyRepoPath, "pkg", "policies", "opa", "rego")
-	warnNoBasePath     = "policy rego_subdir specified in configfile config/relative_rego_subdir.toml, but base path not specified."
-	warnNoSubDirPath   = "policy base path specified in configfile config/home_prefixed_path.toml, but rego_subdir path not specified."
+	warnNoBasePath     = "policy rego_subdir specified in configfile 'config/relative_rego_subdir.toml', but base path not specified. applying default base path value"
+	warnNoSubDirPath   = "policy base path specified in configfile 'config/home_prefixed_path.toml', but rego_subdir path not specified. applying default rego_subdir value"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("Init", func() {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Init", func() {
 	Describe("terrascan init is run with -c flag", func() {
 
 		Context("config file has valid policy repo and branch data", func() {
-
+// TODO : dekh isse
 			It("should download policies as per the policy config in the config file", func() {
 				configFile := filepath.Join("config", "valid_repo.toml")
 				session = helper.RunCommand(terrascanBinaryPath, outWriter, errWriter, "init", "-c", configFile)
@@ -253,8 +253,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Init", func() {
 			})
 			JustAfterEach(func() {
 				os.Setenv(terrascanConfigEnvName, "")
-				//remove the cloned repo at "invalid/path", (refer to 'path' in "config/invalid_path.toml")
-				os.RemoveAll("invalid")
 			})
 
 			// The current behavior of terrascan is that, when init command is being run with an invalid/