diff --git a/rust/src/nasl/syntax/error.rs b/rust/src/nasl/syntax/error.rs
index 62a6642f9..fd5ad648c 100644
--- a/rust/src/nasl/syntax/error.rs
+++ b/rust/src/nasl/syntax/error.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
 #[error("{kind}")]
 pub struct SyntaxError {
     /// A human readable reason why this error is returned
-    kind: ErrorKind,
+    pub kind: ErrorKind,
     pub(crate) line: u32,
     pub(crate) file: String,
 }
diff --git a/rust/src/nasl/syntax/token.rs b/rust/src/nasl/syntax/token.rs
index 8a5744c03..0d35069bf 100644
--- a/rust/src/nasl/syntax/token.rs
+++ b/rust/src/nasl/syntax/token.rs
@@ -436,11 +436,7 @@ impl Token {
 
 impl Display for Token {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}:{} {}",
-            self.line_column.0, self.line_column.1, self.category
-        )
+        write!(f, "'{}'", self.category,)
     }
 }
 
@@ -450,6 +446,16 @@ impl Token {
         &self.category
     }
 
+    /// Returns the line number of the token
+    pub fn line(&self) -> usize {
+        self.line_column.0
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the column number of the token
+    pub fn column(&self) -> usize {
+        self.line_column.1
+    }
+
     /// Returns true when an Token is faulty
     ///
     /// A Token is faulty when it is a syntactical error like
diff --git a/rust/src/scannerctl/error.rs b/rust/src/scannerctl/error.rs
index 96848bfdd..3eb6dfa1c 100644
--- a/rust/src/scannerctl/error.rs
+++ b/rust/src/scannerctl/error.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later WITH x11vnc-openssl-exception
 
+use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use feed::VerifyError;
@@ -62,12 +63,20 @@ impl CliErrorKind {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-#[error("{kind} ({filename})")]
 pub struct CliError {
     pub filename: String,
     pub kind: CliErrorKind,
 }
 
+impl Display for CliError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        if !self.filename.is_empty() {
+            write!(f, "{}: ", self.filename)?;
+        }
+        write!(f, "{}", self.kind)
+    }
+}
+
 impl CliError {
     pub fn load_error(err: std::io::Error, path: &Path) -> Self {
         Self {
diff --git a/rust/src/scannerctl/syntax/check.rs b/rust/src/scannerctl/syntax/check.rs
index 83b7aa0b9..e630dd119 100644
--- a/rust/src/scannerctl/syntax/check.rs
+++ b/rust/src/scannerctl/syntax/check.rs
@@ -10,16 +10,6 @@ use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 use crate::{CliError, CliErrorKind};
 
-fn read_errors<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Vec<SyntaxError>, CliErrorKind> {
-    let code = load_non_utf8_path(path.as_ref())?;
-    Ok(parse(&code)
-        .filter_map(|r| match r {
-            Ok(_) => None,
-            Err(err) => Some(err),
-        })
-        .collect())
-}
-
 fn read<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Vec<Result<Statement, SyntaxError>>, CliErrorKind> {
     let code = load_non_utf8_path(path.as_ref())?;
     Ok(parse(&code).collect())
@@ -28,28 +18,47 @@ fn read<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Vec<Result<Statement, SyntaxError>>,
 fn print_results(path: &Path, verbose: bool) -> Result<usize, CliError> {
     let mut errors = 0;
 
-    if verbose {
-        println!("# {path:?}");
-        let results = read(path).map_err(|kind| CliError {
-            kind,
-            filename: format!("{path:?}"),
-        })?;
-        for r in results {
-            match r {
-                Ok(stmt) => println!("{stmt:?}"),
-                Err(err) => eprintln!("{err}"),
-            }
+    let print_error = |err: &SyntaxError| {
+        if let Some(token) = err.as_token() {
+            eprintln!(
+                "{}:{}:{}: {}",
+                path.to_string_lossy(),
+                token.line(),
+                token.column(),
+                err.kind
+            )
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("{}:{}", path.to_string_lossy(), err)
         }
-    } else {
-        let err = read_errors(path).map_err(|kind| CliError {
-            kind,
-            filename: format!("{path:?}"),
-        })?;
-        if !err.is_empty() {
-            eprintln!("# Error in {path:?}");
+    };
+    let print_stmt = |stmt: Statement| {
+        println!(
+            "{}:{}:{}: {}",
+            path.to_string_lossy(),
+            stmt.as_token().line(),
+            stmt.as_token().column(),
+            stmt
+        )
+    };
+
+    let results = read(path).map_err(|kind| CliError {
+        kind,
+        filename: path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+    })?;
+    for r in results {
+        match r {
+            Ok(stmt) if verbose => print_stmt(stmt),
+            Ok(_) => {}
+            Err(err) => {
+                // when we run in interactive mode we should print a new line to
+                // not interfere with the count display.
+                if errors == 0 {
+                    eprintln!()
+                }
+                errors += 1;
+                print_error(&err)
+            }
         }
-        errors += err.len();
-        err.iter().for_each(|r| eprintln!("{r}"));
     }
     Ok(errors)
 }