diff --git a/Source/v2/Meadow.Cli/Commands/Current/Cloud/Package/CloudPackageCreateCommand.cs b/Source/v2/Meadow.Cli/Commands/Current/Cloud/Package/CloudPackageCreateCommand.cs
index 9d9ab178..441234d0 100644
--- a/Source/v2/Meadow.Cli/Commands/Current/Cloud/Package/CloudPackageCreateCommand.cs
+++ b/Source/v2/Meadow.Cli/Commands/Current/Cloud/Package/CloudPackageCreateCommand.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ public CloudPackageCreateCommand(
     protected override async ValueTask ExecuteCommand()
     {
         ProjectPath ??= AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
+        ProjectPath = Path.GetFullPath(ProjectPath);
+        if (!Directory.Exists(ProjectPath))
+        {
+            throw new DirectoryNotFoundException($"Directory not found '{ProjectPath}'. Check path to project file.");
+        }
 
         // build
         Logger?.LogInformation($"Building {Configuration} version of application...");
diff --git a/Source/v2/Meadow.Package/PackageManager.cs b/Source/v2/Meadow.Package/PackageManager.cs
index af8dddf5..70a664b6 100644
--- a/Source/v2/Meadow.Package/PackageManager.cs
+++ b/Source/v2/Meadow.Package/PackageManager.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 using Meadow.Software;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
@@ -227,7 +229,8 @@ private void CreateEntry(ZipArchive archive, string fromFile, string entryPath)
 
     public static FileInfo[] GetAvailableBuiltConfigurations(string rootFolder, string appName = "App.dll")
     {
-        if (!Directory.Exists(rootFolder)) { throw new FileNotFoundException(); }
+        rootFolder = Path.GetFullPath(rootFolder);
+        if (!Directory.Exists(rootFolder)) { throw new DirectoryNotFoundException($"Directory not found '{rootFolder}'. Check path to project file."); }
 
         //see if this is a fully qualified path to the app.dll
         if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(rootFolder, appName)))
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ public static FileInfo[] GetAvailableBuiltConfigurations(string rootFolder, stri
 
         // look for a 'bin' folder
         var path = Path.Combine(rootFolder, "bin");
-        if (!Directory.Exists(path)) throw new FileNotFoundException($"No 'bin' directory found under {rootFolder}. Have you compiled?");
+        if (!Directory.Exists(path)) throw new DirectoryNotFoundException($"No 'bin' directory found under '{rootFolder}'. Have you compiled?");
 
         var files = new List<FileInfo>();
         FindApp(path, files);