diff --git a/pkg/nuke/scan.go b/pkg/nuke/scan.go
index 20133e6..01d6ba1 100644
--- a/pkg/nuke/scan.go
+++ b/pkg/nuke/scan.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) list(owner, resourceType string, opts interface{}) {
 		}
 
 		dump := utils.Indent(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err), "    ")
-		logrus.Errorf("Listing %s failed:\n%s", resourceType, dump)
+		logrus.WithError(err).Errorf("Listing %s failed:\n%s", resourceType, dump)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/resource/registry.go b/pkg/resource/registry.go
index f3691d6..534523e 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/registry.go
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stevenle/topsort"
 )
 
-// Scope is a string in which resources are grouped against
+// Scope is a string in which resources are grouped against, this is meant for upstream tools to define their
+// own scopes if the DefaultScope is not sufficient. For example Azure has multiple levels of scoping for resources,
+// whereas AWS does not.
 type Scope string
 
+// DefaultScope is the default scope which resources are registered against if no other scope is provided
+const DefaultScope Scope = "default"
+
 // Registrations is a map of resource type to registration
 type Registrations map[string]Registration
 
@@ -45,11 +50,10 @@ type RegisterOption func(name string, lister Lister)
 // Register registers a resource lister with the registry
 func Register(r Registration, opts ...RegisterOption) {
 	if r.Scope == "" {
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("scope must be set"))
+		r.Scope = DefaultScope
 	}
 
-	_, exists := registrations[r.Name]
-	if exists {
+	if _, exists := registrations[r.Name]; exists {
 		panic(fmt.Sprintf("a resource with the name %s already exists", r.Name))
 	}