diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index ad52040..8c18b06 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             "args": ["--debug=true", "--exitcode","--severity=moderate", "--provider=ossindex", "scan", "./_TESTDATA_/sbom/juiceshop.cyclonedx.json"]
         },
         {
-            "name": "Debug File (OSS Index - railsgoat, severity = high, exitcode)",
+            "name": "> Debug File (OSS Index - railsgoat, severity = critical, exitcode)",
             "type": "go",
             "request": "launch",
             "mode": "auto",
diff --git a/cmd/scan.go b/cmd/scan.go
index 8195fc0..525bf49 100644
--- a/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/cmd/scan.go
@@ -106,12 +106,17 @@ var (
 					for i, p := range response {
 						vulns := []models.Vulnerability{}
 						for _, v := range p.Vulnerabilities {
+							// severity flag passed in
 							fs := lib.ParseSeverity(severity)
+							// severity of vulnerability
 							vs := lib.ParseSeverity(v.Severity)
 							if vs >= fs {
 								vulns = append(vulns, v)
+							} else {
+								log.Printf("Removed vulnerability that was %s when the filter was %s", v.Severity, severity)
 							}
 						}
+						log.Printf("Filtered out %d vulnerabilities for package %s", len(p.Vulnerabilities)-len(vulns), p.Purl)
 						response[i].Vulnerabilities = vulns
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 64654f8..bc8cf8c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230202163644-54bba9f4231b // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.14.0 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 346aeac..a5ebddd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201209123823-ac852fbbde11/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201224014010-6772e930b67b/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.18.0 h1:mIYleuAkSbHh0tCv7RvjL3F6ZVbLjq4+R7zbOn3Kokg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/czyP5RqHAH4odGYxBJ1qz0+CE5WZ+2j1YgoEo8F2jQ=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 h1:Vz7Qs629MkJkGyHxUlRHizWJRG2j8fbQKjELVSNhy7Q=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
-golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 h1:bb+I9cTfFazGW51MZqBVmZy7+JEJMouUHTUSKVQLBek=
-golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
+golang.org/x/term v0.14.0 h1:LGK9IlZ8T9jvdy6cTdfKUCltatMFOehAQo9SRC46UQ8=
+golang.org/x/term v0.14.0/go.mod h1:TySc+nGkYR6qt8km8wUhuFRTVSMIX3XPR58y2lC8vww=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=