diff --git a/datastore_server/dist/datastore_server.sh b/datastore_server/dist/datastore_server.sh
index 64efcec4ba40e8287b78f31df469234c2d467235..37fe17b19e7d60fba2c12db649929411e79df7c8 100755
--- a/datastore_server/dist/datastore_server.sh
+++ b/datastore_server/dist/datastore_server.sh
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ case "$command" in
     echo "  $0 debug-db-connections on / off -  switch on / off database connection debug logging"
     echo "  $0 record-stacktrace-db-connections on / off -  switch on / off database connection stacktrace recording"
     echo "  $0 no-record-stacktrace-db-connections  -  switch off database connection stacktrace recording"
+    echo "  $0 verify-archives  -  verify integrity of dataset archives created by ZipArchiver"
+    
     ;;
   version)
     ${CMD} --version
@@ -278,6 +280,10 @@ case "$command" in
   show-command-queue)
     ${CMD} --show-command-queue
     ;;
+  verify-archives)
+    shift
+    java -cp lib/datastore_server.jar:lib/commons-lang.jar:lib/commons-io.jar:lib/postgresql.jar ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.archiveverifier.cli.Main etc/service.properties $*
+    ;;    
   log-thread-dump)
     if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
       PID=`cat $PIDFILE 2> /dev/null`
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/DataSetArchiveVerificationBatchFactory.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/DataSetArchiveVerificationBatchFactory.java
index 4b19caffebac321fc6144967fe77f916a90c0dd0..d4f163162fd13209554031f8d8ae49d8f7f93005 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/DataSetArchiveVerificationBatchFactory.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/DataSetArchiveVerificationBatchFactory.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class DataSetArchiveVerificationBatchFactory
     {
         if (args.length < 2)
         {
-            return error("Usage: java -jar ..adsfadf");
+            return error("Usage: datastore_server.sh verify-archives [dataset code 1] [dataset code 2] ...");
         }
 
         String servicePropertiesPath = args[0];
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ public class DataSetArchiveVerificationBatchFactory
         File serviceProperties = new File(servicePropertiesPath);
         if (serviceProperties.exists() == false)
         {
-            return error("No service.properties given");
+            return error("File " + serviceProperties.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist");
         }
 
         Properties properties = DssPropertyParametersUtil.loadProperties(serviceProperties.getAbsolutePath());
         String defaultArchiveDirectoryPath = properties.getProperty(DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FOLDER);
         if (defaultArchiveDirectoryPath == null)
         {
-            return error("Given service.properties files does not contain mandatory property " + DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FOLDER);
+            return error("Given service.properties file does not contain mandatory property " + DEFAULT_ARCHIVE_FOLDER);
         }
 
         IArchiveFileMetaDataRepository pathInfoRepository = null;
diff --git a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/ResultPrinter.java b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/ResultPrinter.java
index 52564d3ab35b2b75756d078042fe59d8c77f0eff..bd1de49e5586d3c5e756bd28a1559bdc6fc1d654 100644
--- a/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/ResultPrinter.java
+++ b/datastore_server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/dss/archiveverifier/cli/ResultPrinter.java
@@ -60,10 +60,14 @@ public class ResultPrinter
                     out.println("  " + error);
                 }
                 failed++;
-            } else
+            } else if (result.getErrors().isEmpty())
             {
                 out.println("NOT TESTED - " + dataSet + " (file not found)");
                 notTested++;
+            } else
+            {
+                out.println(result.getErrors().get(0));
+                return;
             }
         }