diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/mib_compiler/mib_compiler.py b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/mib_compiler/mib_compiler.py
index 946baf742aac165a1daff3bf642668e22de131a4..95b060442221bee44847813d9059e91b157846da 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/mib_compiler/mib_compiler.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/mib_compiler/mib_compiler.py
@@ -4,44 +4,38 @@ from pysnmp.smi import builder, compiler
 from pathlib import Path
 import argparse
 
-# import logging
-# logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format = '%(asctime)s:%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
-# logger = logging.getLogger("pymib")
-
-
 from pysmi import debug
-debug.setLogger(debug.Debug('compiler'))
+import logging
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+logger = logging.getLogger("mib_compiler")
 
-def mib_compile(mib_list : list, src=None, dst=None):
+def mib_compile(mib_list : list, src, dst):
 
     fpath = str(Path().absolute()).replace("\\", "/")
 
-
-    if src is None:
-        src = f"{fpath}/mibs"
-
     # "file://" prefix required for local files
     src = "file://" + src
 
-    if dst is None:
-        dst = f"{fpath}/output_pymibs"
-
-    print(src, dst)
     mibBuilder = builder.MibBuilder()
 
     # set the path for the input .mib files
     # f'file://{fpath}/mibs'
     compiler.addMibCompiler(mibBuilder, sources=[src, ], destination=dst)
 
-
     for i in mib_list:
         # compile it
+        try:
+            mibBuilder.loadModules(i)
+            logger.debug(f"loaded {i}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise Exception(f"Something went wrong, try checking whether all the mib fills imported by the provided mib files are present (To do this enable debug options and scroll up) ") from e
+
 
-        mibBuilder.loadModules(i)
-        # logger.debug(f"Compiled \"{i}\"")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    out_path = f"{Path().absolute()}/output_pymibs"
+    abs_path = str(Path().absolute()).replace("\\", "/")
+    out_path = f"{abs_path}/output_pymibs"
+    in_path = f"{abs_path}/mibs"
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description='Compiles .mib files in to the easy to load pysnmp format')
@@ -52,9 +46,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         help='sets the output directory for the compiled mibs. (default: '
              '%(default)s)')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-s', '--source', type=str, required=False,
+        '-s', '--source', type=str, required=False, default=in_path,
         help='sets the input directory to read the .mib files from  (default: '
              '%(default)s)')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-v', '--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true', default=False,
+        help='increase log output')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -62,6 +59,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     mibs = args.mibs
     destination = args.destination
     source = args.source
+    debug_option = args.debug
+
+    if debug_option:
+        debug.setLogger(debug.Debug('all'))
 
+    mib_compile(mib_list=mibs, src=source, dst=destination)
 
-    mib_compile(["TEST-MIB"], src=source, dst=destination)