diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c2b677a..6f2241b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -517,6 +526,15 @@ version = "0.4.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "30bde2b3dc3671ae49d8e2e9f044c7c005836e7a023ee57cffa25ab82764bb9e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -773,6 +791,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.24"
@@ -1086,10 +1148,14 @@ version = "0.3.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
 dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "sharded-slab",
  "smallvec",
  "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-log",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5579220..8929c8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 anyhow = { version = "1" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", features = ["log"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18" }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "env", "cargo", "string"] }
 dotenvy = { version = "0.15" }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
index b30321d..87139f0 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ enum Commands {
     Init {},
     Template(template::Template),
     Info {},
+    Clean {},
     Serve {
         #[arg(env = "FOREST_HOST", long, default_value = "127.0.0.1:3000")]
         host: SocketAddr,
@@ -54,9 +55,7 @@ fn get_root(include_run: bool) -> clap::Command {
         );
 
     if include_run {
-        root_cmd = root_cmd
-            .subcommand(clap::Command::new("run").allow_external_subcommands(true))
-            .ignore_errors(true);
+        root_cmd = root_cmd.subcommand(clap::Command::new("run").allow_external_subcommands(true));
     }
 
     Commands::augment_subcommands(root_cmd)
@@ -112,7 +111,10 @@ pub async fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         matches
     };
 
-    match matches.subcommand().unwrap() {
+    match matches
+        .subcommand()
+        .expect("forest requires a command to be passed")
+    {
         ("run", args) => {
             run::Run::execute(args, &project_path, &context).await?;
         }
@@ -148,6 +150,13 @@ pub async fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 let _url = put_object.sign(std::time::Duration::from_secs(30));
                 let _state = SharedState::new().await?;
             }
+            Commands::Clean {} => {
+                let forest_path = project_path.join(".forest");
+                if forest_path.exists() {
+                    tokio::fs::remove_dir_all(forest_path).await?;
+                    tracing::info!("removed .forest");
+                }
+            }
         },
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/cli/run.rs b/crates/forest/src/cli/run.rs
index 26a8da5..8df355e 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ impl Run {
             }
         }
 
-        Ok(())
+        anyhow::bail!("no scripts were found for command: {}", name)
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/main.rs b/crates/forest/src/main.rs
index 57c0d77..5542e0a 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use tracing::level_filters::LevelFilter;
+use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
+
 pub mod cli;
 pub mod model;
 pub mod plan_reconciler;
@@ -7,7 +10,14 @@ pub mod state;
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(
+            EnvFilter::builder()
+                .with_default_directive(LevelFilter::WARN.into())
+                .with_env_var("FOREST_LOG_LEVEL")
+                .from_env()?,
+        )
+        .init();
 
     cli::execute().await?;
 
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/script.rs b/crates/forest/src/script.rs
index 06f0038..f60c139 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/script.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/script.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl ScriptExecutor {
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        Ok(())
+        anyhow::bail!("script was not found for name: {}", name)
     }
 
     async fn run_project(&self, script_ctx: &Script, name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {