diff --git a/main.cxx b/main.cxx
index 680c18fd18d422d517460ae78c73b191c78635bd..88c617cb66b72f26f8595a50d4c5b4a2a436ce69 100644
--- a/main.cxx
+++ b/main.cxx
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+#include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <string>
+
 #include <vector>
-#include <fstream>
+
 #include <productiondatabaseclient.h>
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 
@@ -20,11 +24,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     ProductionDatabaseClient *proddb = new ProductionDatabaseClient();
 
-    if (debug) cout << "Intitializing apdBatchSetter with version " << proddb->getVersion() << " of the database access libraries." << endl << endl;
-
     readArguments(argc, argv);
 
-    if (debug) cout << "Trying to set Batch number " << batchNo << "for ADPs from serial file " << fileName << endl;
+    if (debug) cout << "Intitialized apdBatchSetter with version " << proddb->getVersion() << " of the database access libraries." << endl << endl
+                    << "Now trying to set Batch number " << batchNo << " for ADPs from serial file " << fileName << endl;
 
     vector<string> apdSerials;
     int nAPDs = 0;
@@ -55,7 +58,9 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     proddb->assignBatchNumberToAPDs(apdSerials,batchNo,irradiatedAPDs);
 
-    cout << "\nSuccessfully assigned Batch " << batchNo << " to APDs from serial file " << fileName << "!\n\nThank you for using apdBatchSetter :)" << endl << endl;
+    cout << "\nSuccessfully assigned Batch " << batchNo << " to APDs from serial file " << fileName;
+    if (irradiatedAPDs) cout << " (after irradiation)";
+    cout << "!\n\nThank you for using apdBatchSetter :)" << endl << endl;
 
     return (-apdSerials.empty());
 }
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ void readArguments(int m_argc, char* m_argv[]) {
         string temp = "";
         cout << "Have these APDs been irradiated? (yes / no)" << endl;
         cin >> temp;
+        cout << endl;
         if (temp == "yes" || temp == "y") {
             irradiatedAPDs = true;
         }
@@ -109,11 +115,21 @@ void readArguments(int m_argc, char* m_argv[]) {
         cout << "Which Batch do these APDs belong to?" << endl;
         try {
             cin >> batchNo;
+            cout << endl;
         } catch (...) {
             batchNo = 0;
         }
         if (batchNo <= 0) {
             cerr << "Invalid batch number!" << endl;
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+        if (batchNo < 1000 && irradiatedAPDs) {
+            cerr << "Batches with irradiated APDs should have batch numbers greater than 10000!" << endl;
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+        if (batchNo >= 1000 && !irradiatedAPDs) {
+            cerr<< "Batches with batch numbers greather than 10000 have been irradiated!" << endl;
+            exit(-1);
         }
     }
     if (vm.count("fileName")) {