diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7c6f66fc..ffd6f4fc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ pub async fn run_build_from_args(
                 output
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                tracing::error!("Error building package: {}", e);
                 return Err(e);
             }
         };
diff --git a/src/package_test/run_test.rs b/src/package_test/run_test.rs
index 75adc9b2..e509b927 100644
--- a/src/package_test/run_test.rs
+++ b/src/package_test/run_test.rs
@@ -320,13 +320,16 @@ pub async fn run_test(
     let package_folder = cache_dir.join("pkgs").join(cache_key.to_string());
 
     if package_folder.exists() {
-        tracing::info!("Removing previously cached package {:?}", &package_folder);
+        tracing::info!(
+            "Removing previously cached package '{}'",
+            package_folder.display()
+        );
         fs::remove_dir_all(&package_folder)?;
     }
 
     let prefix = canonicalize(&config.test_prefix)?;
 
-    tracing::info!("Creating test environment in {:?}", prefix);
+    tracing::info!("Creating test environment in '{}'", prefix.display());
 
     let mut channels = config.channels.clone();
     channels.insert(0, Channel::from_directory(tmp_repo.path()).base_url);
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ pub async fn run_test(
         ..config.clone()
     };
 
-    tracing::info!("Collecting tests from {:?}", package_folder);
+    tracing::info!("Collecting tests from '{}'", package_folder.display());
 
     rattler_package_streaming::fs::extract(package_file, &package_folder).map_err(|e| {
         tracing::error!("Failed to extract package: {:?}", e);
diff --git a/src/packaging.rs b/src/packaging.rs
index 7e69e696..f0badef5 100644
--- a/src/packaging.rs
+++ b/src/packaging.rs
@@ -259,17 +259,20 @@ pub fn package_conda(
             (false, true) => std::cmp::Ordering::Less,
         }
     });
+
+    let normalize_path = |p: &Path| -> String { p.display().to_string().replace('\\', "/") };
+
     files.iter().for_each(|f| {
         if f.components().next() == Some(Component::Normal("info".as_ref())) {
-            tracing::info!("  - {}", console::style(f.to_string_lossy()).dim())
+            tracing::info!("  - {}", console::style(normalize_path(f)).dim())
         } else {
-            tracing::info!("  - {}", f.to_string_lossy())
+            tracing::info!("  - {}", normalize_path(f))
         }
     });
 
     let output_folder =
         local_channel_dir.join(output.build_configuration.target_platform.to_string());
-    tracing::info!("Creating target folder {:?}", output_folder);
+    tracing::info!("Creating target folder '{}'", output_folder.display());
 
     fs::create_dir_all(&output_folder)?;
 
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@ pub fn package_conda(
         }
     }
 
-    tracing::info!("Archive written to {:?}", out_path);
+    tracing::info!("Archive written to '{}'", out_path.display());
 
     let paths_json = PathsJson::from_path(info_folder.join("paths.json"))?;
     Ok((out_path, paths_json))
diff --git a/src/script.rs b/src/script.rs
index 4c6e53f1..8da1b017 100644
--- a/src/script.rs
+++ b/src/script.rs
@@ -62,15 +62,27 @@ impl ExecutionArgs {
         let mut replacements = HashMap::new();
         if let Some(build_prefix) = &self.build_prefix {
             replacements.insert(
-                build_prefix.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                build_prefix.display().to_string(),
                 template.replace("((var))", "BUILD_PREFIX"),
             );
         };
         replacements.insert(
-            self.run_prefix.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+            self.run_prefix.display().to_string(),
             template.replace("((var))", "PREFIX"),
         );
 
+        replacements.insert(
+            self.work_dir.display().to_string(),
+            template.replace("((var))", "SRC_DIR"),
+        );
+
+        // if the paths contain `\` then also replace the forward slash variants
+        for (k, v) in replacements.clone() {
+            if k.contains('\\') {
+                replacements.insert(k.replace('\\', "/"), v.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
         self.secrets.iter().for_each(|(_, v)| {
             replacements.insert(v.to_string(), "********".to_string());
         });
@@ -182,14 +194,13 @@ impl Interpreter for BashInterpreter {
         .await?;
 
         if !output.status.success() {
+            let status_code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(1);
+            tracing::error!("Script failed with status {}", status_code);
+            tracing::error!("Work directory: '{}'", args.work_dir.display());
+            tracing::error!("{}", DEBUG_HELP);
             return Err(std::io::Error::new(
                 std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                format!(
-                    "Script failed with status {:?}.\nWork directory: {:?}\n{}",
-                    output.status.code(),
-                    args.work_dir,
-                    DEBUG_HELP
-                ),
+                "Script failed".to_string(),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -317,14 +328,13 @@ impl Interpreter for NuShellInterpreter {
         .await?;
 
         if !output.status.success() {
+            let status_code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(1);
+            tracing::error!("Script failed with status {}", status_code);
+            tracing::error!("Work directory: '{}'", args.work_dir.display());
+            tracing::error!("{}", DEBUG_HELP);
             return Err(std::io::Error::new(
                 std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                format!(
-                    "Script failed with status {:?}.\nWork directory: {:?}\n{}",
-                    output.status.code(),
-                    args.work_dir,
-                    DEBUG_HELP
-                ),
+                "Script failed".to_string(),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -383,14 +393,13 @@ impl Interpreter for CmdExeInterpreter {
         .await?;
 
         if !output.status.success() {
+            let status_code = output.status.code().unwrap_or(1);
+            tracing::error!("Script failed with status {}", status_code);
+            tracing::error!("Work directory: '{}'", args.work_dir.display());
+            tracing::error!("{}", DEBUG_HELP);
             return Err(std::io::Error::new(
                 std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                format!(
-                    "Script failed with status {:?}.\nWork directory: {:?}\n{}",
-                    output.status.code(),
-                    args.work_dir,
-                    DEBUG_HELP
-                ),
+                "Script failed".to_string(),
             ));
         }
 
@@ -772,6 +781,7 @@ async fn run_process_with_replacements(
     let mut stdout_log = String::new();
     let mut stderr_log = String::new();
     let mut closed = (false, false);
+
     loop {
         let (line, is_stderr) = tokio::select! {
             line = stdout_lines.next_line() => (line, false),
diff --git a/src/source/mod.rs b/src/source/mod.rs
index 22acc8b0..156cae24 100644
--- a/src/source/mod.rs
+++ b/src/source/mod.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ pub async fn fetch_sources(
 
                 // Copy source code to work dir
                 if res.is_dir() {
-                    tracing::info!("Copying source from url: {:?} to {:?}", res, dest_dir);
+                    tracing::info!(
+                        "Copying source from url: {} to {}",
+                        res.display(),
+                        dest_dir.display()
+                    );
                     tool_configuration.fancy_log_handler.wrap_in_progress(
                         "copying source into isolated environment",
                         || {
@@ -181,7 +185,11 @@ pub async fn fetch_sources(
                         },
                     )?;
                 } else {
-                    tracing::info!("Copying source from url: {:?} to {:?}", res, dest_dir);
+                    tracing::info!(
+                        "Copying source from url: {} to {}",
+                        res.display(),
+                        dest_dir.display()
+                    );
 
                     let file_name = src.file_name().unwrap_or(&file_name_from_url);
                     let target = dest_dir.join(file_name);
@@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ pub async fn fetch_sources(
             }
             Source::Path(src) => {
                 let src_path = recipe_dir.join(src.path()).canonicalize()?;
-                tracing::info!("Fetching source from path: {:?}", src_path);
+                tracing::info!("Fetching source from path: {}", src_path.display());
 
                 let dest_dir = if let Some(target_directory) = src.target_directory() {
                     work_dir.join(target_directory)
@@ -235,26 +243,27 @@ pub async fn fetch_sources(
                         .as_ref(),
                 ) {
                     extract_tar(&src_path, &dest_dir, &tool_configuration.fancy_log_handler)?;
-                    tracing::info!("Extracted to {:?}", dest_dir);
+                    tracing::info!("Extracted to {}", dest_dir.display());
                 } else if src_path.extension() == Some(OsStr::new("zip")) {
                     extract_zip(&src_path, &dest_dir, &tool_configuration.fancy_log_handler)?;
-                    tracing::info!("Extracted zip to {:?}", dest_dir);
+                    tracing::info!("Extracted zip to {}", dest_dir.display());
                 } else if let Some(file_name) = src
                     .file_name()
                     .cloned()
                     .or_else(|| src_path.file_name().map(PathBuf::from))
                 {
+                    let dest = dest_dir.join(&file_name);
                     tracing::info!(
-                        "Copying source from path: {:?} to {:?}",
-                        src_path,
-                        dest_dir.join(&file_name)
+                        "Copying source from path: {} to {}",
+                        src_path.display(),
+                        dest.display()
                     );
                     if let Some(checksum) = Checksum::from_path_source(src) {
                         if !checksum.validate(&src_path) {
                             return Err(SourceError::ValidationFailed);
                         }
                     }
-                    fs::copy(&src_path, dest_dir.join(file_name))?;
+                    fs::copy(&src_path, dest)?;
                 } else {
                     return Err(SourceError::FileNotFound(src_path));
                 }
diff --git a/src/source/url_source.rs b/src/source/url_source.rs
index 9363a4fe..b53f2211 100644
--- a/src/source/url_source.rs
+++ b/src/source/url_source.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ fn extract_to_cache(
     let target = extracted_folder(path);
 
     if target.is_dir() {
-        tracing::info!("Using extracted directory from cache: {:?}", target);
+        tracing::info!("Using extracted directory from cache: {}", target.display());
         return Ok(target);
     }
 
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ fn extract_to_cache(
             .to_string_lossy()
             .as_ref(),
     ) {
-        tracing::info!("Extracting tar file to cache: {:?}", path);
+        tracing::info!("Extracting tar file to cache: {}", path.display());
         extract_tar(path, &target, &tool_configuration.fancy_log_handler)?;
         return Ok(target);
     } else if path.extension() == Some(OsStr::new("zip")) {
-        tracing::info!("Extracting zip file to cache: {:?}", path);
+        tracing::info!("Extracting zip file to cache: {}", path.display());
         extract_zip(path, &target, &tool_configuration.fancy_log_handler)?;
         return Ok(target);
     }