diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf8a593..9d8cb61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Introduce your project here. A short summary about what its purpose and scope is
 
 This tool queries your Source Control Management (SCM) system and creates Organizations and Applications in Sonatype Lifecycle in bulk.
 
+This tool is intended to be run against either an empty Sonatype Lifecycle installation or a specific Organization that represents a given SCM connection ONCE.
+
+This tool is NOT intended to be run multiple times to continuously import/keep Sonatype Lifecycle up to date with newly created Projects or Repositories in your SCM system - to do this (once you've run this tool once successfully), use [Easy SCM Onboarding](https://help.sonatype.com/en/easy-scm-onboarding.html).
+
 Currently supports:
 - ✅ Azure DevOps
 
diff --git a/iq/server.go b/iq/server.go
index 4287376..f60ec2b 100644
--- a/iq/server.go
+++ b/iq/server.go
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ func (s *NxiqServer) CreateOrganization(org scm.Organization, parentOrgId string
 }
 
 func (s *NxiqServer) OrganizationExists(org scm.Organization, parentOrgId string) (*sonatypeiq.ApiOrganizationDTO, error) {
-	s.InitCache()
+	err := s.InitCache()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
 	for _, existingOrg := range s.existingOrganizations {
 		if *existingOrg.Name == org.SafeName() && *existingOrg.ParentOrganizationId == parentOrgId {
 			return existingOrg, nil
@@ -370,7 +373,10 @@ func (s *NxiqServer) CreateApplication(app scm.Application, parentOrgId string)
 }
 
 func (s *NxiqServer) ApplicationExists(app scm.Application, parentOrgId string) (*sonatypeiq.ApiApplicationDTO, error) {
-	s.InitCache()
+	err := s.InitCache()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
 	for _, existingApp := range s.existingApplications {
 		if *existingApp.Name == app.SafeName() && *existingApp.OrganizationId == parentOrgId {
 			return existingApp, nil
@@ -445,7 +451,10 @@ func (s *NxiqServer) getUniqueOrganizationId(id string) string {
 }
 
 func (s *NxiqServer) ValidateOrganizationByName(organizationName string) *sonatypeiq.ApiOrganizationDTO {
-	s.InitCache()
+	err := s.InitCache()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalln(err)
+	}
 
 	for _, o := range s.existingOrganizations {
 		if *o.Name == organizationName {