diff --git a/api/tech/docker/fetcher.go b/api/tech/docker/fetcher.go
index 4a2eec584e..262c9fa6ba 100644
--- a/api/tech/docker/fetcher.go
+++ b/api/tech/docker/fetcher.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type dockerFetcher struct {
 func (r dockerFetcher) Fetch(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	ctx = log.WithLogger(ctx, log.G(ctx).WithField("digest", desc.Digest))
 
+	fmt.Println("Fetching: ", r.refspec, desc)
+
 	hosts := r.filterHosts(HostCapabilityPull)
 	if len(hosts) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(errdefs.ErrNotFound, "no pull hosts")
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ func (r dockerFetcher) Fetch(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) (io.R
 		// firstly try fetch via external urls
 		for _, us := range desc.URLs {
 			ctx = log.WithLogger(ctx, log.G(ctx).WithField("url", us))
-
+			fmt.Println("us: ", r.refspec, desc, us)
 			u, err := url.Parse(us)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.G(ctx).WithError(err).Debug("failed to parse")
diff --git a/api/tech/regclient/client.go b/api/tech/regclient/client.go
index d3721f0f9a..43963dfbd5 100644
--- a/api/tech/regclient/client.go
+++ b/api/tech/regclient/client.go
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ func (c *Client) Resolve(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, ociv1.Descrip
 	}
 
 	// first, try to find the manifest
-	m, err := c.rc.ManifestGet(ctx, r)
+	m, err := c.rc.ManifestHead(ctx, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, regerr.ErrNotFound) {
 			// try to find a blob
 			if r.Digest != "" {
-				blob, err := c.rc.BlobGet(ctx, r, descriptor.Descriptor{
+				blob, err := c.rc.BlobHead(ctx, r, descriptor.Descriptor{
 					Digest: digest.Digest(r.Digest),
 				})
 				defer blob.Close() // we can safely close it as this is not when we read it.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (c *Client) Fetch(ctx context.Context, desc ociv1.Descriptor) (_ io.ReadClo
 
 	if c.isManifest(desc) {
 		fmt.Println("in manifest: ", desc, c.ref)
-		manifestContent, err := c.rc.ManifestGet(ctx, c.ref)
+		manifestContent, err := c.rc.ManifestGet(ctx, c.ref, regclient.WithManifestDesc(c.convertDescriptorToRegClient(desc)))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ func (c *Client) Fetch(ctx context.Context, desc ociv1.Descriptor) (_ io.ReadClo
 		return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)), nil
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("in blob get: ", desc, c.ref)
+
 	reader, err := c.rc.BlobGet(ctx, c.ref, c.convertDescriptorToRegClient(desc))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get the blob reader: %w", err)
diff --git a/examples/lib/tour/07-resource-management/example.go b/examples/lib/tour/07-resource-management/example.go
index ccd3471e87..3734c65859 100644
--- a/examples/lib/tour/07-resource-management/example.go
+++ b/examples/lib/tour/07-resource-management/example.go
@@ -249,23 +249,19 @@ func GatherResources(ctx ocm.Context, factory ResourceFactory) ([]Resource, erro
 		)
 		acc, err := r.Access()
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("cannot access resource 1: %s\n", err)
 			res.SetError(err.Error())
 		} else {
 			m, err := acc.AccessMethod(cv)
-			fmt.Printf("cannot access resource 2: %s\n", err)
 			if err == nil {
 				// delegate data handling to target
 				// we don't know, how this is implemented.
 				err = res.AddDataFromMethod(ctx, m)
-				fmt.Println("ERROR on 3: ", err, m)
 				if err != nil {
 					res.SetError(err.Error())
 				}
 				// release local usage of the access method object
 				m.Close()
 			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("cannot access resource 3: %s\n", err)
 				res.SetError(err.Error())
 			}
 		}