diff --git a/modules/net_recon/net_show.go b/modules/net_recon/net_show.go
index c3dd9874..a0b38009 100644
--- a/modules/net_recon/net_show.go
+++ b/modules/net_recon/net_show.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net_recon
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/bettercap/bettercap/modules/syn_scan"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 
 	"github.com/evilsocket/islazy/tui"
+	"github.com/evilsocket/islazy/str"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -297,9 +299,29 @@ func (mod *Discovery) showMeta(arg string) (err error) {
 			}
 
 			for _, k := range keys {
+				meta := t.Meta.Get(k)
+				val := ""
+				if s, ok := meta.(string); ok {
+					val = s
+				} else if ports, ok := meta.(map[int]*syn_scan.OpenPort); ok {
+					val = "ports: "
+					for _, info := range ports {
+						val += fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", info.Proto, info.Port)
+						if info.Service != "" {
+							val += fmt.Sprintf("(%s)", info.Service)
+						}
+						if info.Banner != "" {
+							val += fmt.Sprintf(" [%s]", info.Banner)
+						}
+						val += " "
+					}
+					val = str.Trim(val)
+				} else {
+					val = fmt.Sprintf("%#v", meta)
+				}
 				rows = append(rows, []string{
 					tui.Green(k),
-					tui.Yellow(t.Meta.Get(k).(string)),
+					tui.Yellow(val),
 				})
 			}
 
diff --git a/network/net.go b/network/net.go
index 4838f74c..bb485fc7 100644
--- a/network/net.go
+++ b/network/net.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func ParseTargets(targets string, aliasMap *data.UnsortedKV) (ips []net.IP, macs
 	}
 	targets = strings.Trim(targets, ", ")
 
-	fmt.Printf("targets=%s macs=%#v\n", targets, macs)
+	// fmt.Printf("targets=%s macs=%#v\n", targets, macs)
 
 	// check and resolve aliases
 	for _, targetAlias := range aliasParser.FindAllString(targets, -1) {
diff --git a/network/net_linux.go b/network/net_linux.go
index 1bd5bc5b..7e8265a6 100644
--- a/network/net_linux.go
+++ b/network/net_linux.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func SetInterfaceChannel(iface string, channel int) error {
 		Debug("SetInterfaceChannel(%s, %d) iw based", iface, channel)
 		out, err := core.Exec("iw", []string{"dev", iface, "set", "channel", fmt.Sprintf("%d", channel)})
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("iw: out=%s err=%s", out, err)
 		} else if out != "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected output while setting interface %s to channel %d: %s", iface, channel, out)
 		}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func SetInterfaceChannel(iface string, channel int) error {
 		Debug("SetInterfaceChannel(%s, %d) iwconfig based")
 		out, err := core.Exec("iwconfig", []string{iface, "channel", fmt.Sprintf("%d", channel)})
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("iwconfig: out=%s err=%s", out, err)
 		} else if out != "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected output while setting interface %s to channel %d: %s", iface, channel, out)
 		}