diff --git a/internal/command/generate.go b/internal/command/generate.go
index 5f93d17..4f4cb01 100644
--- a/internal/command/generate.go
+++ b/internal/command/generate.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var generateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 						slog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Set container image for container '%s' to %s from --%s", containerName, v, generateCmdImageFlag))
 						workload.Containers[containerName] = container
 					} else {
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert '%s' because container '%s' has no image and --image was not provided: %w", arg, containerName, err)
+						return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert '%s' because container '%s' has no image and --image was not provided", arg, containerName)
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -223,6 +223,6 @@ func init() {
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringP(generateCmdOutputFlag, "o", "manifests.yaml", "The output manifests file to write the manifests to")
 	generateCmd.Flags().String(generateCmdOverridesFileFlag, "", "An optional file of Score overrides to merge in")
 	generateCmd.Flags().StringArray(generateCmdOverridePropertyFlag, []string{}, "An optional set of path=key overrides to set or remove")
-	generateCmd.Flags().String(generateCmdImageFlag, "", "An optional container image to use for any container with image == '.'")
+	generateCmd.Flags().StringP(generateCmdImageFlag, "i", "", "An optional container image to use for any container with image == '.'")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(generateCmd)
 }