diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/CHANGELOG.md b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/CHANGELOG.md
index 7dbacfd61..a7e1f826d 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 # csharpier-rider Changelog
 
-## [1.8.1]
+## [1.8.2]
 - Possible fix for issue with OSX not being able to run dotnet tool list command
+- Better handling of error when validating custom install of csharpier
 
 ## [1.8.0]
 - Use dotnet tool list to find both local and global installs of csharpier.
diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/gradle.properties b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/gradle.properties
index ef8c121af..58cbbcbf1 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/gradle.properties
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/gradle.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pluginGroup = com.intellij.csharpier
 pluginName = csharpier
-pluginVersion = 1.8.1
+pluginVersion = 1.8.2
 
 # See https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/build-number-ranges.html
 # for insight into build numbers and IntelliJ Platform versions.
diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CSharpierProcessProvider.java b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CSharpierProcessProvider.java
index 0d6a9d473..75e6710f8 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CSharpierProcessProvider.java
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CSharpierProcessProvider.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ private String findCSharpierVersionInToolOutput(
 
         this.logger.debug(
                 "Running 'dotnet tool list" + (isGlobal ? "-g" : "") + "' to look for version"
-        );
+            );
         this.logger.debug("Output was: \n " + output);
 
         if (output == null) {
diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CustomPathInstaller.java b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CustomPathInstaller.java
index d3c995127..e9e7eb4b0 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CustomPathInstaller.java
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/CustomPathInstaller.java
@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ private boolean validateInstall(String pathToDirectoryForVersion, String version
                 command,
                 env,
                 new File(pathToDirectoryForVersion)
-            ).trim();
+            );
+
+            if (output == null) {
+                return false;
+            }
 
             this.logger.debug(this.getPathForVersion(version) + "--version output: " + version);
-            var versionWithoutHash = output.split(Pattern.quote("+"))[0];
+            var versionWithoutHash = output.trim().split(Pattern.quote("+"))[0];
             this.logger.debug("Using " + versionWithoutHash + " as the version number.");
 
             if (versionWithoutHash.equals(version)) {
diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/ProcessHelper.java b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/ProcessHelper.java
index 8fe97f575..9445953ff 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/ProcessHelper.java
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Rider/src/main/java/com/intellij/csharpier/ProcessHelper.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public static String executeCommand(
             if (exitVal == 0) {
                 return result.toString().trim();
             }
-            logger.debug(errorResult.toString());
+            logger.debug("ErrorOutput: " + errorResult);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error(e);
         }