diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/pack/url/GeyserUrlPackCodec.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/pack/url/GeyserUrlPackCodec.java
index 2c561fe1a..f8b5ba7fb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/pack/url/GeyserUrlPackCodec.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/pack/url/GeyserUrlPackCodec.java
@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@ public class GeyserUrlPackCodec extends UrlPackCodec {
                     } else if (pack != null) {
                         this.fallback = pack;
                     }
-                });
+                }).join(); // Needed to ensure that we don't attempt to read a pack before downloading/checking it
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Failed to download pack from the url %s (reason: %s)!".formatted(url, e.getMessage()));
             }
         }
+
         return ResourcePackLoader.readPack(this);
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/loader/ResourcePackLoader.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/loader/ResourcePackLoader.java
index a790c3c6e..71f139973 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/loader/ResourcePackLoader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/registry/loader/ResourcePackLoader.java
@@ -235,11 +235,13 @@ public class ResourcePackLoader implements RegistryLoader<Path, Map<String, Reso
                 packMap.put(pack.manifest().header().uuid().toString(), pack);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 instance.getLogger().error(GeyserLocale.getLocaleStringLog("geyser.resource_pack.broken", url));
+                instance.getLogger().error(e.getMessage());
                 if (instance.getLogger().isDebug()) {
                     e.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
         }
+
         return packMap;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/Scoreboard.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/Scoreboard.java
index acce86f4d..48a45fd27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/Scoreboard.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/Scoreboard.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import static org.geysermc.geyser.scoreboard.UpdateType.*;
 
 public final class Scoreboard {
-    private static final boolean SHOW_SCOREBOARD_LOGS = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("Geyser.ShowScoreboardLogs", "true"));
+    private static final boolean SHOW_SCOREBOARD_LOGS = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("Geyser.ShowScoreboardLogs", "false"));
     private static final boolean ADD_TEAM_SUGGESTIONS = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("Geyser.AddTeamSuggestions", "true"));
 
     private final GeyserSession session;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/ScoreboardUpdater.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/ScoreboardUpdater.java
index 395eb9576..c28985784 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/ScoreboardUpdater.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/scoreboard/ScoreboardUpdater.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public final class ScoreboardUpdater extends Thread {
     static {
         GeyserConfiguration config = GeyserImpl.getInstance().getConfig();
         FIRST_SCORE_PACKETS_PER_SECOND_THRESHOLD = Math.min(config.getScoreboardPacketThreshold(), SECOND_SCORE_PACKETS_PER_SECOND_THRESHOLD);
-        DEBUG_ENABLED = config.isDebugMode();
+        DEBUG_ENABLED = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("Geyser.ShowScoreboardLogs", "false")) && config.isDebugMode();
     }
 
     private final GeyserImpl geyser = GeyserImpl.getInstance();