diff --git a/Sources/tart/Commands/Clone.swift b/Sources/tart/Commands/Clone.swift
index a1757032..39e45f76 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/Commands/Clone.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/Commands/Clone.swift
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ struct Clone: AsyncParsableCommand {
           let registry = try Registry(host: remoteName.host, namespace: remoteName.namespace)
           try await VMStorageOCI().pull(remoteName, registry: registry)
         }
-        let removeVM = try VMStorageHelper.open(sourceName)
+        let remoteVM = try VMStorageHelper.open(sourceName)
 
-        let removeConfig = try VMConfig.init(fromURL: removeVM.configURL)
-        let needToGenerateNewMAC = try localVMExistsWith(macAddress: removeConfig.macAddress.string)
+        let remoteConfig = try VMConfig.init(fromURL: remoteVM.configURL)
+        let needToGenerateNewMAC = try localVMExistsWith(macAddress: remoteConfig.macAddress.string)
 
-        try removeVM.clone(to: VMStorageLocal().create(newName), generateMAC: needToGenerateNewMAC)
+        try remoteVM.clone(to: VMStorageLocal().create(newName), generateMAC: needToGenerateNewMAC)
       } else {
         try VMStorageHelper.open(sourceName).clone(to: VMStorageLocal().create(newName), generateMAC: true)
       }
diff --git a/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift b/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift
index 8a7ea905..622f404b 100644
--- a/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift
+++ b/Sources/tart/OCI/Registry.swift
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Foundation
 enum RegistryError: Error {
   case UnexpectedHTTPStatusCode(when: String, code: Int, details: String = "")
   case MissingLocationHeader
-  case AuthFailed(why: String)
+  case AuthFailed(why: String, details: String = "")
   case MalformedHeader(why: String)
 }
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Registry {
     let (responseData, response) = try await rawRequest("GET", authenticateURL, headers: headers)
     if response.statusCode != 200 {
       throw RegistryError.AuthFailed(why: "received unexpected HTTP status code \(response.statusCode) "
-        + "while retrieving an authentication token")
+        + "while retrieving an authentication token", details: String(decoding: responseData, as: UTF8.self))
     }
 
     token = try JSONDecoder().decode(TokenResponse.self, from: responseData).token