diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d1d4651..2e61cff 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.25.0") {
         exclude group: 'com.github.luben', module: 'zstd-jni'
     }
-    implementation 'com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5.5-10'  // Even though this is part of the above dependency, the Apache commons rarely updates it, while the zstd team makes improvements very often.
+    implementation 'com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5.5-11'  // Even though this is part of the above dependency, the Apache commons rarely updates it, while the zstd team makes improvements very often.
     // Also, for compressing, we strangely need it to be explicitly declared independently, otherwise it does not work.
 
     testImplementation 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-test'
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f86..1af9e09 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/installAndRun.sh b/installAndRun.sh
index 3baaa09..03c66ac 100755
--- a/installAndRun.sh
+++ b/installAndRun.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ elif [[ $# -gt 2 ]]; then
 	echo -e "Wrong number of arguments given: ${#} (more than 2)\nPlease execute it like: script.sh <justRun: 0 | 1> <avoidReInstallingPublicationsRetriever: 0 | 1>";	exit 2
 fi
 
-gradleVersion="8.4"
+gradleVersion="8.5"
 
 shouldBeCarefulWithMaxHeap=0 # This is NOT a cmd-arg.
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/plugins/PublicationsRetrieverPlugin.java b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/plugins/PublicationsRetrieverPlugin.java
index b36fb3b..d291a24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/plugins/PublicationsRetrieverPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/openaire/urls_worker/components/plugins/PublicationsRetrieverPlugin.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class PublicationsRetrieverPlugin {
         {
             callableTasks.add(() -> {
                 urlsCounter[0]++;
-                if ( (urlsCounter[0] % 250) == 0 )  // Every 500 urls, display a "progress" message.
+                if ( (urlsCounter[0] % 250) == 0 )  // Every 250 urls, display a "progress" message.
                     logger.debug("Assignments_" + assignmentRequestCounter + " progress: will process url-" + urlsCounter[0] + " out of " + numOfAssignments);
 
                 String id = assignment.getId();
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ public class PublicationsRetrieverPlugin {
                     List<String> list = LoaderAndChecker.getWasValidAndCouldRetry(e, urlToCheck);
                     String wasUrlValid = list.get(0);
                     String couldRetry = list.get(1);
-                    UrlUtils.logOutputData(id, urlToCheck, null, UrlUtils.unreachableDocOrDatasetUrlIndicator, "Discarded at loading time, due to connectivity problems.", null, true, "true", wasUrlValid, "false", "false", couldRetry, null, null);
+                    String errorMsg = "Discarded at loading time, as " + list.get(2);
+                    UrlUtils.logOutputData(id, urlToCheck, null, UrlUtils.unreachableDocOrDatasetUrlIndicator, errorMsg, null, true, "true", wasUrlValid, "false", "false", couldRetry, null, null);
                     return false;
                 }
                 return true;