diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/services/STIX2IOCFetchService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/services/STIX2IOCFetchService.java
index 17995a571..a541b3b16 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/services/STIX2IOCFetchService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/services/STIX2IOCFetchService.java
@@ -270,7 +270,8 @@ public void downloadFromUrlAndIndexIOCs(SATIFSourceConfig saTifSourceConfig, Act
                 }
                 break;
             default:
-                // if the feed type doesn't match any of the supporting feed types, throw an exception
+                log.error("unsupported feed format for url download:" + source.getFeedFormat());
+                listener.onFailure(new UnsupportedOperationException("unsupported feed format for url download:" + source.getFeedFormat()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/common/SourceConfigDtoValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/common/SourceConfigDtoValidator.java
index bcf0b6567..6cb4450e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/common/SourceConfigDtoValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/common/SourceConfigDtoValidator.java
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ public List<String> validateSourceConfigDto(SATIFSourceConfigDto sourceConfigDto
                 break;
             case URL_DOWNLOAD:
                 if (sourceConfigDto.getSchedule() == null) {
-                    errorMsgs.add("Must pass in schedule for URL_DONWLOAD source type");
+                    errorMsgs.add("Must pass in schedule for URL_DOWNLOAD source type");
                 }
                 if (sourceConfigDto.getSource() != null && sourceConfigDto.getSource() instanceof UrlDownloadSource == false) {
-                    errorMsgs.add("Source must be URL_DONWLOAD source type");
+                    errorMsgs.add("Source must be URL_DOWNLOAD source type");
                 }
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/DefaultTifSourceConfigLoaderService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/DefaultTifSourceConfigLoaderService.java
index f488bbaf3..4114a9526 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/DefaultTifSourceConfigLoaderService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/DefaultTifSourceConfigLoaderService.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public DefaultTifSourceConfigLoaderService(BuiltInTIFMetadataLoader tifMetadataL
     }
 
     /**
-     * check if the default
+     * check if the default tif source configs are loaded. if not, try create them from the feedMetadata.json file.
      */
     public void createDefaultTifConfigsIfNotExists(ActionListener<Void> listener) {
         List<TIFMetadata> tifMetadataList = tifMetadataLoader.getTifMetadataList();
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                                 null,
                                 null,
                                 true,
-                                List.of(iocType)
+                                List.of(iocType),
+                                true
                         ),
                         null,
                         RestRequest.Method.POST,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/SATIFSourceConfigManagementService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/SATIFSourceConfigManagementService.java
index 1f10dc3c0..de3b0891b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/SATIFSourceConfigManagementService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/SATIFSourceConfigManagementService.java
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
-
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static org.opensearch.securityanalytics.services.STIX2IOCFeedStore.getIocIndexAlias;
 import static org.opensearch.securityanalytics.threatIntel.common.SourceConfigType.IOC_UPLOAD;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/TIFJobUpdateService.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/TIFJobUpdateService.java
index eb90415b4..ab6ed9915 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/TIFJobUpdateService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/securityanalytics/threatIntel/service/TIFJobUpdateService.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                                         }
                                         break;
                                     default:
-                                        // if the feed type doesn't match any of the supporting feed types, throw an exception
+                                        onFailure(new UnsupportedOperationException("Not a supported feed format : " + tifMetadata.getFeedType()));
                                 }
                             }
                         } catch (IOException ex) {