diff --git a/dsl/pact.go b/dsl/pact.go
index 3ebf1cb50..46998ad3c 100644
--- a/dsl/pact.go
+++ b/dsl/pact.go
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ func (p *Pact) VerifyMessageProvider(t *testing.T, request types.VerifyMessageRe
 		f, messageFound := handlers[message.Description]
 
 		if !messageFound {
+			log.Printf("[ERROR] message handler not found for message description: %v", message.Description)
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 			return
 		}
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ func (p *Pact) VerifyMessageProvider(t *testing.T, request types.VerifyMessageRe
 			st.Log(example.FullDescription)
 			if example.Status != "passed" {
 				st.Errorf("%s\n", example.Exception.Message)
+				st.Error("Check to ensure that all message expectations have corresponding message handlers")
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/examples/messages/provider/message_pact_provider_test.go b/examples/messages/provider/message_pact_provider_test.go
index 8cc7825eb..8e82609f1 100644
--- a/examples/messages/provider/message_pact_provider_test.go
+++ b/examples/messages/provider/message_pact_provider_test.go
@@ -17,11 +17,23 @@ func TestMessageProvider_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	// Map test descriptions to message producer (handlers)
 	// TODO: convert these all to types to ease readability
 	functionMappings := dsl.MessageProviders{
-		"a test message": func(m dsl.Message) (interface{}, error) {
+		"some test case": func(m dsl.Message) (interface{}, error) {
 			fmt.Println("Calling 'text' function that would produce a message")
 			res := map[string]interface{}{
-				"content": map[string]string{
-					"text": "Hello world!!",
+				"content": map[string]interface{}{
+					"access": []map[string]string{
+						{
+							"role": "admin",
+						},
+						{
+							"role": "admin",
+						},
+						{
+							"role": "admin",
+						},
+					},
+					"id":   27,
+					"name": "Baz",
 				},
 			}
 			return res, nil
@@ -30,13 +42,13 @@ func TestMessageProvider_Success(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Verify the Provider with local Pact Files
 	pact.VerifyMessageProvider(t, types.VerifyMessageRequest{
-		PactURLs: []string{filepath.ToSlash(fmt.Sprintf("%s/message-pact.json", pactDir))},
+		PactURLs: []string{filepath.ToSlash(fmt.Sprintf("%s/pactgomessageconsumer-pactgomessageprovider.json", pactDir))},
 	}, functionMappings)
 }
 
 // Configuration / Test Data
 var dir, _ = os.Getwd()
-var pactDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/../pacts", dir)
+var pactDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/../../pacts", dir)
 var logDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/log", dir)
 
 // Setup the Pact client.
@@ -46,7 +58,7 @@ func createPact() dsl.Pact {
 		Consumer:          "PactGoMessageConsumer",
 		Provider:          "PactGoMessageProvider",
 		LogDir:            logDir,
-		LogLevel:          "DEBUG",
+		LogLevel:          "WARN",
 		PactFileWriteMode: "update",
 	}
 }