diff --git a/cashu/wallet/cli.py b/cashu/wallet/cli.py
index 29aa9e5..9f586a6 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/cli.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/cli.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class NaturalOrderGroup(click.Group):
 @click.pass_context
 def cli(ctx, host: str, walletname: str):
     if TOR and not TorProxy().check_platform():
-        error_str = "Your settings say TOR=true but the built-in Tor bundle is not supported on your system. Please install Tor manually and set TOR=false and SOCKS_HOST=localhost and SOCKS_PORT=9050 in your Cashu config (recommended) or turn off Tor by setting TOR=false (not recommended). Cashu will not work until you edit your config file accordingly."
+        error_str = "Your settings say TOR=true but the built-in Tor bundle is not supported on your system. You have two options: Either install Tor manually and set TOR=FALSE and SOCKS_HOST=localhost and SOCKS_PORT=9050 in your Cashu config (recommended). Or turn off Tor by setting TOR=false (not recommended). Cashu will not work until you edit your config file accordingly."
         error_str += "\n\n"
         if ENV_FILE:
             error_str += f"Edit your Cashu config file here: {ENV_FILE}"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def cli(ctx, host: str, walletname: str):
                 f"Ceate a new Cashu config file here: {os.path.join(CASHU_DIR, '.env')}"
             )
             env_path = os.path.join(CASHU_DIR, ".env")
-        error_str += f'\n\nYou can turn off Tor with this command: echo "TOR=false" >> {env_path}'
+        error_str += f'\n\nYou can turn off Tor with this command: echo "TOR=FALSE" >> {env_path}'
         raise Exception(error_str)
 
     # configure logger
@@ -203,13 +203,14 @@ async def balance(ctx, verbose):
             print("")
             for k, v in keyset_balances.items():
                 print(
-                    f"Keyset: {k or 'undefined'} - Balance: {v['available']} sat (with pending: {v['balance']} sat)"
+                    f"Keyset: {k} - Balance: {v['available']} sat (pending: {v['balance']-v['available']} sat)"
                 )
             print("")
 
+    # get balances per mint
     mint_balances = await wallet.balance_per_minturl()
 
-    # if we have a balance on a non-default mint
+    # if we have a balance on a non-default mint, we show its URL
     show_mints = False
     keysets = [k for k, v in wallet.balance_per_keyset().items()]
     for k in keysets:
@@ -224,13 +225,13 @@ async def balance(ctx, verbose):
         print("")
         for k, v in mint_balances.items():
             print(
-                f"Mint: {k or 'undefined'} - Balance: {v['available']} sat (with pending: {v['balance']} sat)"
+                f"Mint: {k} - Balance: {v['available']} sat (pending: {v['balance']-v['available']} sat)"
             )
         print("")
 
     if verbose:
         print(
-            f"Balance: {wallet.balance} sat (available: {wallet.available_balance} sat in {len([p for p in wallet.proofs if not p.reserved])} tokens)"
+            f"Balance: {wallet.available_balance} sat (pending: {wallet.balance-wallet.available_balance} sat) in {len([p for p in wallet.proofs if not p.reserved])} tokens"
         )
     else:
         print(f"Balance: {wallet.available_balance} sat")
diff --git a/cashu/wallet/cli_helpers.py b/cashu/wallet/cli_helpers.py
index 37dec55..0fe3a8a 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/cli_helpers.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/cli_helpers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async def verify_mints(ctx, dtoken):
             keyset_wallet = Wallet(
                 mint_url, os.path.join(CASHU_DIR, ctx.obj["WALLET_NAME"])
             )
-            # make sure that this mint indeed supports this keyset
+            # make sure that this mint supports this keyset
             mint_keysets = await keyset_wallet._get_keysets(mint_url)
             assert keyset in mint_keysets["keysets"], "mint does not have this keyset."
 
@@ -23,19 +23,21 @@ async def verify_mints(ctx, dtoken):
             mint_keyset = await keyset_wallet._get_keyset(mint_url, keyset)
             assert keyset == mint_keyset.id, Exception("keyset not valid.")
 
-            # we check the db whether we know this keyset already and ask the user
-            mint_keysets = await get_keyset(id=keyset, db=keyset_wallet.db)
+            # we check the db whether we know this mint already and ask the user if not
+            mint_keysets = await get_keyset(mint_url=mint_url, db=keyset_wallet.db)
             if mint_keysets is None:
                 # we encountered a new mint and ask for a user confirmation
                 trust_token_mints = False
                 print("")
-                print("Warning: Tokens are from a mint or keyset you don't know yet.")
+                print(
+                    "Warning: Tokens are from a mint you don't know yet. Make sure that you know this mint."
+                )
                 print("\n")
                 print(f"Mint URL: {mint_url}")
                 print(f"Mint keyset: {keyset}")
                 print("\n")
                 click.confirm(
-                    f"Do you want to trust this mint and receive the tokens?",
+                    f"Do you trust this mint and want to receive the tokens?",
                     abort=True,
                     default=True,
                 )
diff --git a/cashu/wallet/wallet.py b/cashu/wallet/wallet.py
index a207f9e..055cbd8 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/wallet.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/wallet.py
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class LedgerAPI:
     def _set_requests(self):
         s = requests.Session()
         s.headers.update({"Client-version": VERSION})
-        if DEBUG:
-            s.verify = False
+        # if DEBUG:
+        # s.verify = False
         socks_host, socks_port = None, None
         if TOR and TorProxy().check_platform():
             self.tor = TorProxy(timeout=True)