diff --git a/gradle/exception b/gradle/exception
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f3e7a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/exception
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Lockfile has inconsistent versions for glob com.fasterxml.jackson.*:*: [Line{group=com.fasterxml.jackson.core, artifact=jackson-annotations, version=2.21, constraints=2, hash=ff166824}, Line{group=com.fasterxml.jackson.core, artifact=jackson-core, version=2.21.1, constraints=1, hash=86123421}, Line{group=com.fasterxml.jackson.core, artifact=jackson-databind, version=2.21.1, constraints=1, hash=3805373b}]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 34155311..3529d58d 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ apply plugin: 'com.palantir.jdks.settings'
 rootProject.name = 'sls-version-java'
 
 include 'sls-versions'
+
+throw new RuntimeException('''The excavator failed to run properly:\n\n''' + file('gradle/exception').text)