diff --git a/dist/npmci.bash.js b/dist/npmci.bash.js
index 5ee77ad..9fa4887 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.bash.js
+++ b/dist/npmci.bash.js
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ exports.bash = function (commandArg, retryArg) {
             else if (exitCode == 0) {
                 i = retryArg + 1;
             }
+            else {
+                plugins.beautylog.warn("Something went wrong! Exit Code: " + exitCode.toString);
+                plugins.beautylog.info("Retry " + (i + 1).toString + " of " + retryArg.toString);
+            }
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ exports.bash = function (commandArg, retryArg) {
     }
 };
 exports.bashBare = function (commandArg, retryArg) {
-    if (retryArg === void 0) { retryArg = 3; }
+    if (retryArg === void 0) { retryArg = 2; }
     if (!process.env.NPMTS_TEST) {
         for (var i = 0; i <= retryArg; i++) {
             var exitCode = plugins.shelljs.exec(commandArg).code;
@@ -31,6 +35,10 @@ exports.bashBare = function (commandArg, retryArg) {
             else if (exitCode == 0) {
                 i = retryArg + 1;
             }
+            else {
+                plugins.beautylog.warn("Something went wrong! Exit Code: " + exitCode.toString);
+                plugins.beautylog.info("Retry " + (i + 1).toString + " of " + retryArg.toString);
+            }
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -38,4 +46,4 @@ exports.bashBare = function (commandArg, retryArg) {
     }
 };
 
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diff --git a/ts/npmci.bash.ts b/ts/npmci.bash.ts
index 8751252..d4e284e 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.bash.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.bash.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as plugins from "./npmci.plugins";
 export let bash = (commandArg:string,retryArg = 2) => {
     if(!process.env.NPMTS_TEST){
         for (let i = 0; i <= retryArg; i++){
-            let exitCode = plugins.shelljs.exec(
+            let exitCode:number = plugins.shelljs.exec(
                 "bash -c \"source /usr/local/nvm/nvm.sh &&" +
                 commandArg +
                 "\""
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ export let bash = (commandArg:string,retryArg = 2) => {
             if(exitCode !== 0 && i == retryArg){
                 process.exit(1);
             } else if(exitCode == 0){
-                i = retryArg + 1;
+                i = retryArg + 1; // if everything works out ok retrials are not wanted
+            } else {
+                plugins.beautylog.warn("Something went wrong! Exit Code: " + exitCode.toString);
+                plugins.beautylog.info("Retry " + (i + 1).toString + " of " +  retryArg.toString);
             }
         }
     } else {
@@ -19,14 +22,17 @@ export let bash = (commandArg:string,retryArg = 2) => {
     }
 }
 
-export let bashBare = (commandArg,retryArg = 3) => {
+export let bashBare = (commandArg,retryArg = 2) => {
     if (!process.env.NPMTS_TEST){
         for(let i = 0; i <= retryArg; i++){
-            let exitCode = plugins.shelljs.exec(commandArg).code;
+            let exitCode:number = plugins.shelljs.exec(commandArg).code;
             if(exitCode !== 0 && i == retryArg){
                 process.exit(1);
             } else if(exitCode == 0){
-                i = retryArg + 1;
+                i = retryArg + 1; // if everything works out ok retrials are not wanted
+            } else {
+                plugins.beautylog.warn("Something went wrong! Exit Code: " + exitCode.toString);
+                plugins.beautylog.info("Retry " + (i + 1).toString + " of " +  retryArg.toString);
             }
         }
     } else {
diff --git a/ts/npmci.build.docker.ts b/ts/npmci.build.docker.ts
index b73be6f..a4b3e8e 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.build.docker.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.build.docker.ts
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ export let dockerBaseImage = function(dockerfileContentArg:string){
 export let dockerTag = function(repoArg:string,versionArg:string):string{
     let tagString:string;
     let registry = NpmciEnv.dockerRegistry;
-    if(process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE == "build"  || process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE == "test"){
+    if(NpmciEnv.buildStage == "build"  || NpmciEnv.buildStage == "test"){
         registry = "registry.gitlab.com";
     } 
     let repo = repoArg;
     let version = versionArg;
-    if(process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE == "build" || process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE == "test"){
+    if(NpmciEnv.buildStage == "build" || NpmciEnv.buildStage == "test"){
         version = version + "_test";
     }
     tagString = registry + "/" + repo + ":" + version;
diff --git a/ts/npmci.env.ts b/ts/npmci.env.ts
index c6e7500..3fad261 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.env.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.env.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import * as plugins from "./npmci.plugins";
 import {GitRepo} from "smartstring";
 import {Dockerfile} from "./npmci.build.docker"
 
-export let repo = new GitRepo(process.env.CI_BUILD_REPO);
-export let dockerTestTag:string;
-export let dockerReleaseTag:string;
+export let repo:GitRepo = new GitRepo(process.env.CI_BUILD_REPO);
+
+export let buildStage:string = process.env.CI_BUILD_STAGE;
 
 export let dockerRegistry; // will be set by npmci.prepare
 export let dockerFilesBuilt:Dockerfile[] = [];