diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 41af5f09..4ac6365f 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -110,20 +110,20 @@ async function main() {
         // OIDC specific checks
         if (enableOIDC) {
             console.log('Using OIDC authentication...')
-            try {
-                //generating ID-token
-                let audience = core.getInput('audience', { required: false });
+            //generating ID-token
+            let audience = core.getInput('audience', { required: false });
+            try{
                 federatedToken = await core.getIDToken(audience);
-                if (!!federatedToken) {
-                    let [issuer, subjectClaim] = await jwtParser(federatedToken);
-                    console.log("Federated token details: \n issuer - " + issuer + " \n subject claim - " + subjectClaim);
-                }
-                else{
-                    throw new Error("Failed to fetch federated token.");
-                }
             }
             catch (error) {
-                core.error(`${error}. Please make sure to give write permissions to id-token in the workflow.`);
+                throw new Error(`${error.message.split(':')[1]}. Please make sure to give write permissions to id-token in the workflow.`);
+            }
+            if (!!federatedToken) {
+                let [issuer, subjectClaim] = await jwtParser(federatedToken);
+                console.log("Federated token details: \n issuer - " + issuer + " \n subject claim - " + subjectClaim);
+            }
+            else{
+                throw new Error("Failed to fetch federated token.");
             }
         }