diff --git a/packages/pokemon/src/core/spriteCache.ts b/packages/pokemon/src/core/spriteCache.ts
index b363de9fb..42a5ee9c0 100644
--- a/packages/pokemon/src/core/spriteCache.ts
+++ b/packages/pokemon/src/core/spriteCache.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export function loadSprite(speciesId: SpeciesId): SpriteCache | null {
 	try {
 		const raw = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')
 		return JSON.parse(raw) as SpriteCache
-	} catch {
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.error(`[buddy] Failed to load sprite cache for ${speciesId}:`, e)
 		return null
 	}
 }
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ export async function fetchAndCacheSprite(speciesId: SpeciesId): Promise<SpriteC
 		writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(sprite, null, 2))
 
 		return sprite
-	} catch {
+	} catch (e) {
+		console.error(`[buddy] Failed to fetch sprite for ${speciesId}:`, e)
 		return null
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/pokemon/src/ui/CompanionCard.tsx b/packages/pokemon/src/ui/CompanionCard.tsx
index d37a7b840..736f557e4 100644
--- a/packages/pokemon/src/ui/CompanionCard.tsx
+++ b/packages/pokemon/src/ui/CompanionCard.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Box, Text, type Color } from '@anthropic/ink'
 import type { BuddyData, Creature, SpeciesId } from '../types'
 import { STAT_NAMES, STAT_LABELS } from '../types'
 import { getSpeciesData } from '../data/species'
-import { SPECIES_I18N, SPECIES_PERSONALITY } from '../data/names'
+import { SPECIES_PERSONALITY } from '../data/names'
 import { calculateStats, getCreatureName, getTotalEV } from '../core/creature'
 import { getXpProgress } from '../core/experience'
 import { getEVSummary } from '../core/effort'
diff --git a/packages/pokemon/src/ui/SpeciesDetail.tsx b/packages/pokemon/src/ui/SpeciesDetail.tsx
index 9fe158c72..437b67648 100644
--- a/packages/pokemon/src/ui/SpeciesDetail.tsx
+++ b/packages/pokemon/src/ui/SpeciesDetail.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Box, Text, type Color } from '@anthropic/ink'
 import type { SpeciesId, StatName } from '../types'
 import { STAT_NAMES, STAT_LABELS } from '../types'
 import { getSpeciesData } from '../data/species'
-import { SPECIES_PERSONALITY } from '../data/names'
 import { getNextEvolution } from '../data/evolution'
 import { StatBar } from './StatBar'
 import { getStatColor } from './shared'