diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 99a7385..0c89793 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -469,7 +469,9 @@
 							try {
 								p = new Package(ps.getPackageDescription(pkg, reqDep.dependency));
 								break;
-							} catch(Exception) {}
+							} catch(Exception e) {
+								logDebug("No metadata for %s: %s", typeid(ps).name, e.msg);
+							}
 						}
 						enforce(p !is null, "Could not find package candidate for "~pkg~" "~reqDep.dependency.toString());
 						markUpToDate(pkg);
diff --git a/source/dub/utils.d b/source/dub/utils.d
index 5820469..f77adbf 100644
--- a/source/dub/utils.d
+++ b/source/dub/utils.d
@@ -104,14 +104,14 @@
 	download(url.toString(), filename.toNativeString());
 }
 /// ditto
-ubyte[] download(string url)
+char[] download(string url)
 {
 	auto conn = setupHTTPClient();
 	logTrace("Getting %s...", url);
 	return get(url, conn);
 }
 /// ditto
-ubyte[] download(Url url)
+char[] download(Url url)
 {
 	return download(url.toString());
 }