diff --git a/.changeset/funny-pears-deny.md b/.changeset/funny-pears-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fb91a6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/funny-pears-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"create-lz-oapp": patch
+"@layerzerolabs/oapp-example": patch
+"@layerzerolabs/oft-example": patch
+---
+
+Improve error handling and introduce node engine specifiers
diff --git a/examples/oapp/.nvmrc b/examples/oapp/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1215e876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/oapp/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v18.16.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/oapp/package.json b/examples/oapp/package.json
index 03392dd0d..0e1a7ac75 100644
--- a/examples/oapp/package.json
+++ b/examples/oapp/package.json
@@ -47,5 +47,8 @@
     "solidity-bytes-utils": "^0.8.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.16.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/oft/.nvmrc b/examples/oft/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1215e876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/oft/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v18.16.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/oft/package.json b/examples/oft/package.json
index 7a3ec48c1..c5f19fbb4 100644
--- a/examples/oft/package.json
+++ b/examples/oft/package.json
@@ -47,5 +47,8 @@
     "solidity-bytes-utils": "^0.8.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.16.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0608f419..dfc26632f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,5 +53,8 @@
     "prettier-plugin-solidity": "^1.3.1",
     "turbo": "1.11.0"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.14.0"
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.14.0",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.16.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/components/error.tsx b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/components/error.tsx
index ef9d78021..955086a19 100644
--- a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/components/error.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/components/error.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import React from "react";
 import type { Config } from "@/types";
-import { Box, Text } from "ink";
+import { Box, Newline, Text } from "ink";
 import {
   BadGitRefError,
   DestinationNotEmptyError,
   DownloadError,
   MissingGitRefError,
 } from "@/utilities/cloning";
+import { InstallationError } from "@/utilities/installation";
 
 interface ErrorMessageProps {
   config: Config;
@@ -58,6 +59,37 @@ export const ErrorMessage: React.FC<ErrorMessageProps> = ({
         </Box>
       );
 
+    case error instanceof InstallationError:
+      return (
+        <Box flexDirection="column">
+          <Text color="red">
+            There was a problem installing NPM dependencies:
+          </Text>
+
+          <Box margin={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="gray">
+            <Text>{error.stdout}</Text>
+          </Box>
+
+          <Text bold>To try again:</Text>
+
+          <Box
+            margin={1}
+            borderStyle="round"
+            borderColor="gray"
+            flexDirection="column"
+          >
+            <Text color="green"># Navigate to your project</Text>
+            <Text color="cyan">cd {config.destination}</Text>
+            <Newline />
+            <Text color="green"># Reattempt the installation</Text>
+            <Text color="cyan">
+              {config.packageManager.executable}{" "}
+              {config.packageManager.args.join(" ")}
+            </Text>
+          </Box>
+        </Box>
+      );
+
     case error instanceof Error:
       return <DefaultErrorMessage error={error} />;
 
diff --git a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/index.tsx b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/index.tsx
index faae68c27..e0c05ac77 100644
--- a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/index.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@ import { Command } from "commander";
 import { promptForConfig } from "@/utilities/prompts";
 import { ConfigSummary } from "@/components/config";
 import { Setup } from "@/components/setup";
-import { promptToContinue } from "@layerzerolabs/io-devtools";
+import {
+  LogLevel,
+  promptToContinue,
+  setDefaultLogLevel,
+} from "@layerzerolabs/io-devtools";
 import { printLogo } from "@layerzerolabs/io-devtools/swag";
 import { version } from "../package.json";
 import {
   ciOption,
   destinationOption,
   exampleOption,
+  logLevelOption,
   packageManagerOption,
 } from "./options";
 import type { Config, Example, PackageManager } from "./types";
@@ -20,6 +25,7 @@ interface Args {
   ci?: boolean;
   destination?: string;
   example?: Example;
+  logLevel?: LogLevel;
   packageManager: PackageManager;
 }
 
@@ -29,13 +35,17 @@ new Command("create-lz-oapp")
   .addOption(ciOption)
   .addOption(destinationOption)
   .addOption(exampleOption)
+  .addOption(logLevelOption)
   .addOption(packageManagerOption)
   .action(async (args: Args) => {
     printLogo();
 
     // We'll provide a CI mode - a non-interctaive mode in which all input is taken
     // from the CLI arguments and if something is missing, an error is thrown
-    const { ci } = args;
+    const { ci, logLevel = "info" } = args;
+
+    // We'll set a default log level for any loggers created past this point
+    setDefaultLogLevel(logLevel);
 
     // First we get the config
     const config = ci
diff --git a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/options.ts b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/options.ts
index fa4784f83..576cd0ae5 100644
--- a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/options.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { InvalidOptionArgumentError, Option } from 'commander'
 import { AVAILABLE_PACKAGE_MANAGERS, EXAMPLES } from './config'
-import { isDirectory, isFile } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
+import { LogLevel, isDirectory, isFile } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
 import { resolve } from 'path'
 
 export const packageManagerOption = new Option('-p,--package-manager <name>', 'Node package manager to use')
@@ -38,3 +38,15 @@ export const destinationOption = new Option('-d,--destination <path>', 'Project
 })
 
 export const ciOption = new Option('--ci', 'Run in CI (non-interactive) mode').default(false)
+
+export const logLevelOption = new Option('--log-level <level>', 'Log level')
+    .choices([
+        LogLevel.error,
+        LogLevel.warn,
+        LogLevel.info,
+        LogLevel.http,
+        LogLevel.verbose,
+        LogLevel.debug,
+        LogLevel.silly,
+    ])
+    .default(LogLevel.info)
diff --git a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/cloning.ts b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/cloning.ts
index 53e243825..f0ed55d76 100644
--- a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/cloning.ts
+++ b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/cloning.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Config, Example } from '@/types'
+import { createModuleLogger } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
 import { rm } from 'fs/promises'
 import { resolve } from 'path'
 import tiged from 'tiged'
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@ export const createExampleGitURL = (example: Example): string => {
 }
 
 export const cloneExample = async ({ example, destination }: Config) => {
+    const logger = createModuleLogger('cloning')
+
     const url = createExampleGitURL(example)
+    logger.verbose(`Cloning example from ${url} to ${destination}`)
+
     const emitter = tiged(url, {
         disableCache: true,
         mode: 'git',
@@ -31,6 +36,9 @@ export const cloneExample = async ({ example, destination }: Config) => {
         // First we clone the whole proejct
         await emitter.clone(destination)
 
+        logger.verbose(`Cloned example from ${url} to ${destination}`)
+        logger.verbose(`Cleaning up`)
+
         // Then we cleanup what we don't want to be included
         await cleanupExample(destination)
     } catch (error: unknown) {
diff --git a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/installation.ts b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/installation.ts
index bc64cd861..295d89cc6 100644
--- a/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/installation.ts
+++ b/packages/create-lz-oapp/src/utilities/installation.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 import type { Config, PackageManager } from '@/types'
+import { createModuleLogger } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
 import { spawn } from 'child_process'
 import which from 'which'
 
 export const installDependencies = (config: Config) =>
     new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const logger = createModuleLogger('installation')
+
+        // We'll store combined stdout and stderr in this variable
+        const std: string[] = []
+
+        // This function will handle stdout/stderr streams from the child process
+        const handleStd = (chunk: string) => {
+            std.push(chunk)
+
+            logger.verbose(chunk)
+        }
+
         /**
          * Spawn the installation process.
          */
@@ -19,16 +32,39 @@ export const installDependencies = (config: Config) =>
             },
         })
 
+        child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8')
+        child.stderr.setEncoding('utf8')
+        child.stdout.on('data', handleStd)
+        child.stderr.on('data', handleStd)
+
         child.on('close', (code) => {
-            if (code !== 0) {
-                reject(
-                    new Error(
-                        `Failed to install dependencies: ${config.packageManager.label} install exited with code ${code}`
-                    )
-                )
-            } else resolve()
+            switch (code) {
+                // The null case happens when the script receives a sigterm signall
+                // (i.e. is cancelled by the user)
+                case null:
+                    return reject(new Error(`Failed to install dependencies: Installation interrupted`))
+
+                // 0 exit code means success
+                case 0:
+                    return resolve()
+
+                // And any other non-zero exit code means an error
+                default:
+                    return reject(new InstallationError(config.packageManager, code, std.join('')))
+            }
         })
     })
 
 export const isPackageManagerAvailable = ({ executable }: PackageManager): boolean =>
     !!which.sync(executable, { nothrow: true })
+
+export class InstallationError extends Error {
+    constructor(
+        public readonly packageManager: PackageManager,
+        public readonly exitCode: number,
+        public readonly stdout: string,
+        message: string = `Failed to install dependencies: ${packageManager.label} exited with code ${exitCode}`
+    ) {
+        super(message)
+    }
+}