@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Add the following to your `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file
 
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/NtWriteCode/docker-pre-commit-universal
-    rev: v0.0.1
+    rev: v4.0.2
     hooks:
       - id: docker-compose-check
 ```
 
@@ -4,44 +4,56 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-def get_compose_binary() -> str:
-    compose_binary = 'docker compose'
+def get_compose_binary() -> list[str]:
+    compose_binary = ['docker', 'compose']
     try:
         subprocess.run(['docker', 'help', 'compose'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, check=True)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         try:
             subprocess.run(['docker-compose'], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, check=True)
-            compose_binary = 'docker-compose'
+            compose_binary = ['docker-compose']
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
             print('ERROR: Neither "docker-compose" nor "docker compose" were found')
             sys.exit(1)
 
     return compose_binary
 
 
-def check_file(file: str) -> int:
+def check_file(file: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[bytes] | None:
     try:
-        result = subprocess.run([get_compose_binary(), '--file', file, 'config', '--quiet'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=True)
-    except Exception:
-        return 1
+        commands = get_compose_binary()
+        commands.append('--file')
+        commands.append(file)
+        commands.append('config')
+        commands.append('--quiet')
+        result = subprocess.run(commands, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=False)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f'Exception happened during the execution of {commands!s}: {e!s}')
+        return None
     else:
-        return result.returncode
+        return result
 
 
 def check_files(all_files: list[str]) -> bool:
     has_error = False
     for file in all_files:
-        if Path(file).is_file() and check_file(file) != 0:
-            print(f'ERROR: {file}')
-            has_error = True
+        if Path(file).is_file():
+            proc = check_file(file)
+            if proc and proc.returncode != 0:
+                print(f'> Error in {file}:')
+                print(f'\t{proc.stdout.decode().strip()} {proc.stderr.decode().strip()}')
+                has_error = True
+            elif not proc:
+                print()
     return has_error
 
 
 def main() -> None:
     if check_files(sys.argv[1:]):
-        print('Some compose files failed')
+        print('Docker compose validation resulted in failure!')
         sys.exit(1)
     else:
+        print('All docker compose files successfully validated.')
         sys.exit(0)
 
 
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ packages = ["docker_pre_commit_universal"]
 
 [project]
 name = "docker_pre_commit_universal"
-version = "4.0.1"
+version = "4.0.2"
 
 [project.scripts]
 compose_check = "docker_pre_commit_universal.compose_check:main"