diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb357da..9dcc321 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RELEASE_OPTS ?= --commit-all
 export NODE_VERSION		:= $(shell node -v)
 export RUNNER_VERSION  := $(CI_RUNNER_VERSION)
 
-all: build run-terminal
+all: build
 
 clean: ## clean up the target directory
 	rm -rf node_modules
@@ -74,16 +74,7 @@ todo:
 
 # build targets
 build: ## builds, bundles, and tests the application
-build: build-fast
-
-build-cover: ## builds, bundles, and tests the application with code coverage
-build-cover: configure node_modules
-
-build-fast: ## builds, bundles, and tests the application
-build-fast: configure node_modules
-
-build-strict: ## builds, bundles, and tests the application with type checks and extra warnings (slow)
-build-strict: configure node_modules
+build: bundle
 
 bundle: node_modules
 	$(NODE_BIN)/rollup --config $(CONFIG_PATH)/rollup.js
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2ac86b0..182c35b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const CONFIG_ARGS_PATH = 'config-path';
 
 const MAIN_ARGS: Options = {
   alias: {
+    'count': ['c'],
     'includeTag': ['t', 'tag'],
     'mode': ['m'],
   },
@@ -25,10 +26,14 @@ const MAIN_ARGS: Options = {
     'includeTag',
     'rules',
   ],
+  boolean: [
+    'count',
+  ],
   count: ['v'],
   default: {
     [CONFIG_ARGS_NAME]: `.${VERSION_INFO.app.name}.yml`,
     [CONFIG_ARGS_PATH]: [],
+    'count': false,
     'excludeLevel': [],
     'excludeName': [],
     'excludeTag': [],
@@ -69,24 +74,33 @@ export async function main(argv: Array<string>): Promise<number> {
   const activeRules = await resolveRules(rules, args.argv as any);
 
   // run rules
-  let status = STATUS_SUCCESS;
+  let errors = 0;
   switch (args.argv.mode) {
     case 'check':
       for (const rule of activeRules) {
-        if (checkRule(rule, data)) {
+        if (checkRule(rule, data, logger)) {
           logger.info({ rule }, 'passed rule');
         } else {
           logger.warn({ rule }, 'failed rule');
-          status = STATUS_ERROR;
+          ++errors;
         }
       }
       break;
     default:
       logger.error({ mode: args.argv.mode }, 'unsupported mode');
-      status = STATUS_ERROR;
+      ++errors;
   }
 
-  return status;
+  if (errors > 0) {
+    logger.error({ errors }, 'some rules failed');
+    if (args.argv.count) {
+      return errors;
+    } else {
+      return STATUS_ERROR;
+    }
+  } else {
+    return STATUS_SUCCESS;
+  }
 }
 
 main(process.argv).then((status) => process.exit(status)).catch((err) => {
diff --git a/src/rule.ts b/src/rule.ts
index fe55282..78b1966 100644
--- a/src/rule.ts
+++ b/src/rule.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import * as Ajv from 'ajv';
 import { readFile } from 'fs';
 import { JSONPath } from 'jsonpath-plus';
 import { intersection } from 'lodash';
-import { LogLevel } from 'noicejs';
+import { LogLevel, Logger } from 'noicejs';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
 import { safeLoad } from 'js-yaml';
 import { CONFIG_SCHEMA } from './config';
@@ -81,12 +81,21 @@ export async function resolveRules(rules: Array<Rule>, selector: RuleSelector):
   return Array.from(activeRules);
 }
 
-export function checkRule(rule: Rule, data: any): boolean {
+export function checkRule(rule: Rule, data: any, logger: Logger): boolean {
   const ajv = new ((Ajv as any).default)()
   const schema = ajv.compile(rule.schema);
   const scopes = JSONPath({
     json: data,
     path: rule.nodes.select,
   });
-  return scopes.every((s: any) => schema(s));
+
+  for (const scope of scopes) {
+    const valid = schema(scope);
+    if (!valid) {
+      logger.warn({ errors: schema.errors, item: scope }, 'rule failed on item');
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  return true;
 }
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