diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildExtensionAttributeBase.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildExtensionAttributeBase.cs
index 9d2fbc121..ae12d9db0 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildExtensionAttributeBase.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildExtensionAttributeBase.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
 {
     public interface IBuildExtension
     {
-        void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets);
+        void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan);
     }
 
     public interface IPreLogoBuildExtension : IBuildExtension
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildManager.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildManager.cs
index 2a4079be1..1852183fd 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildManager.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/BuildManager.cs
@@ -60,11 +60,12 @@ public static int Execute<T>(Expression<Func<T, Target>> defaultTargetExpression
                 Logger.Info($"NUKE Execution Engine {typeof(BuildManager).Assembly.GetInformationalText()}");
                 Logger.Normal();
 
-                build.ExecuteExtensions<IPostLogoBuildExtension>();
                 build.ExecutionPlan = ExecutionPlanner.GetExecutionPlan(
                     build.ExecutableTargets,
                     ParameterService.Instance.GetParameter<string[]>(() => build.InvokedTargets) ??
                     ParameterService.Instance.GetPositionalCommandLineArguments<string>(separator: Constants.TargetsSeparator.Single()));
+
+                build.ExecuteExtensions<IPostLogoBuildExtension>();
                 CancellationHandler += Finish;
 
                 InjectionUtility.InjectValues(build, x => !x.IsFast);
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckBuildProjectConfigurationsAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckBuildProjectConfigurationsAttribute.cs
index af3c42c19..8b1798a2a 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckBuildProjectConfigurationsAttribute.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckBuildProjectConfigurationsAttribute.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ public class CheckBuildProjectConfigurationsAttribute : Attribute, IPostLogoBuil
     {
         public int TimeoutInMilliseconds { get; set; } = 500;
 
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
         {
             ControlFlow.AssertWarn(Task.Run(CheckConfiguration).Wait(TimeoutInMilliseconds),
                 $"Could not complete checking build configurations within {TimeoutInMilliseconds} milliseconds.");
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckPathEnvironmentVariableAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckPathEnvironmentVariableAttribute.cs
index 7bdeb4c76..11aed0476 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckPathEnvironmentVariableAttribute.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/CheckPathEnvironmentVariableAttribute.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
     [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
     public class CheckPathEnvironmentVariableAttribute : Attribute, IPostLogoBuildExtension
     {
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
         {
             ProcessTasks.CheckPathEnvironmentVariable();
         }
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanHtmlService.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanHtmlService.cs
index 2d32a78d6..c6330a2ed 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanHtmlService.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanHtmlService.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ private static string GetEvents(IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executable
             var builder = new StringBuilder();
 
             // When not hovering anything, highlight the default plan
-            var defaultPlan = ExecutionPlanner.GetExecutionPlan(executableTargets, new[] { executableTargets.Single(x => x.IsDefault).Name });
+            var defaultTarget = executableTargets.SingleOrDefault(x => x.IsDefault);
+            var defaultPlan = defaultTarget != null
+                ? ExecutionPlanner.GetExecutionPlan(executableTargets, new[] { defaultTarget?.Name })
+                : new ExecutableTarget[0];
             defaultPlan.ForEach(x => builder.AppendLine($@"  $(""#{x.Name}"").addClass('highlight');"));
 
             foreach (var executableTarget in executableTargets)
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanner.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanner.cs
index 722d6b17a..f43c3aaa6 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanner.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/ExecutionPlanner.cs
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ private static IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> GetExecutionPlanInternal(
             var cycles = scc.DetectCycle(graphAsList).Cycles().ToList();
             if (cycles.Count > 0)
             {
-                ControlFlow.Fail(
+                Logger.Error(
                     new[] { "Circular dependencies between targets:" }
                         .Concat(cycles.Select(x => $" - {x.Select(y => y.Value.Name).JoinComma()}"))
                         .JoinNewLine());
+                Environment.Exit(exitCode: -1);
             }
 
             while (graphAsList.Any())
@@ -62,10 +63,11 @@ private static IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> GetExecutionPlanInternal(
                 var independents = graphAsList.Where(x => !graphAsList.Any(y => y.Dependencies.Contains(x))).ToList();
                 if (EnvironmentInfo.ArgumentSwitch("strict") && independents.Count > 1)
                 {
-                    ControlFlow.Fail(
-                        new[] { "Incomplete target definition order." }
+                    Logger.Error(
+                        new[]{"Incomplete target definition order."}
                             .Concat(independents.Select(x => $"  - {x.Value.Name}"))
                             .JoinNewLine());
+                    Environment.Exit(exitCode: -1);
                 }
 
                 var independent = independents.First();
@@ -100,7 +102,13 @@ private static ExecutableTarget GetExecutableTarget(
         {
             var executableTarget = executableTargets.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Name.EqualsOrdinalIgnoreCase(targetName));
             if (executableTarget == null)
-                ControlFlow.Fail($"Target with name '{targetName}' is not available.");
+            {
+                Logger.Error(
+                    new[] { $"Target with name '{targetName}' does not exist. Available targets are:" }
+                        .Concat(executableTargets.Select(x => $"  - {x.Name}").OrderBy(x => x))
+                        .JoinNewLine());
+                Environment.Exit(exitCode: -1);
+            }
 
             return executableTarget;
         }
@@ -108,10 +116,7 @@ private static ExecutableTarget GetExecutableTarget(
         private static ExecutableTarget[] GetDefaultTarget(IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
         {
             var target = executableTargets.SingleOrDefault(x => x.IsDefault);
-            if (target == null)
-                Fail("No target has been marked to be the default.", executableTargets);
-
-            return new[] { target };
+            return target != null ? new[] { target } : new ExecutableTarget[0];
         }
 
         private static void Fail(string message, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleHelpRequestAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleHelpRequestAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a99d8e8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleHelpRequestAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2019 Maintainers of NUKE.
+// Distributed under the MIT License.
+// https://github.com/nuke-build/nuke/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
+    internal class HandleHelpRequestAttribute : Attribute, IPostLogoBuildExtension
+    {
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
+        {
+            if (!NukeBuild.Help && executionPlan.Count > 0)
+                return;
+
+            Logger.Normal(HelpTextService.GetTargetsText(build.ExecutableTargets));
+            Logger.Normal(HelpTextService.GetParametersText(build));
+
+            Environment.Exit(exitCode: 0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleHelpRequestsAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleHelpRequestsAttribute.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f19d825d..000000000
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleHelpRequestsAttribute.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 Maintainers of NUKE.
-// Distributed under the MIT License.
-// https://github.com/nuke-build/nuke/blob/master/LICENSE
-
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-
-namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
-{
-    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
-    internal class HandleHelpRequestsAttribute : Attribute, IPostLogoBuildExtension
-    {
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
-        {
-            if (NukeBuild.Help)
-            {
-                Logger.Normal(HelpTextService.GetTargetsText(build.ExecutableTargets));
-                Logger.Normal(HelpTextService.GetParametersText(build));
-            }
-
-            if (NukeBuild.Plan)
-                ExecutionPlanHtmlService.ShowPlan(build.ExecutableTargets);
-
-            if (NukeBuild.Help || NukeBuild.Plan)
-                Environment.Exit(exitCode: 0);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandlePlanRequestAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandlePlanRequestAttribute.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24863d4e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandlePlanRequestAttribute.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright 2019 Maintainers of NUKE.
+// Distributed under the MIT License.
+// https://github.com/nuke-build/nuke/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
+{
+    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
+    internal class HandlePlanRequestAttribute : Attribute, IPostLogoBuildExtension
+    {
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
+        {
+            if (!NukeBuild.Plan)
+                return;
+
+            ExecutionPlanHtmlService.ShowPlan(build.ExecutableTargets);
+            Environment.Exit(exitCode: 0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleShellCompletionAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleShellCompletionAttribute.cs
index 76fde0792..1a9c68b53 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleShellCompletionAttribute.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleShellCompletionAttribute.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
     [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
     internal class HandleShellCompletionAttribute : Attribute, IPreLogoBuildExtension
     {
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
         {
             var completionItems = new SortedDictionary<string, string[]>();
 
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleVisualStudioDebuggingAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleVisualStudioDebuggingAttribute.cs
index 3d1eb9671..780224515 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleVisualStudioDebuggingAttribute.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HandleVisualStudioDebuggingAttribute.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ public class HandleVisualStudioDebuggingAttribute : Attribute, IPreLogoBuildExte
     {
         public int TimeoutInMilliseconds { get; } = 10_000;
 
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
         {
             if (!ParameterService.Instance.GetParameter<bool>(Constants.VisualStudioDebugParameterName))
                 return;
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HelpTextService.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HelpTextService.cs
index 7173fc8fc..463699eef 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HelpTextService.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/HelpTextService.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public static string GetTargetsText(IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> execut
 
         public static string GetParametersText(NukeBuild build)
         {
-            var defaultTarget = build.ExecutableTargets.Single(x => x.IsDefault);
+            var defaultTarget = build.ExecutableTargets.SingleOrDefault(x => x.IsDefault);
             var builder = new StringBuilder();
 
             var parameters = InjectionUtility.GetParameterMembers(build.GetType())
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void PrintParameter(MemberInfo parameter)
                 var description = SplitLines(
                     // TODO: remove
                     ParameterService.Instance.GetParameterDescription(parameter)
-                        ?.Replace("{default_target}", defaultTarget.Name).Append(".")
+                        ?.Replace("{default_target}", defaultTarget?.Name).Append(".")
                     ?? "<no description>");
                 var parameterName = ParameterService.Instance.GetParameterName(parameter).SplitCamelHumpsWithSeparator("-");
                 builder.AppendLine($"  --{parameterName.PadRight(padRightParameter)}  {description.First()}");
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/UnsetVisualStudioEnvironmentVariablesAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/UnsetVisualStudioEnvironmentVariablesAttribute.cs
index a4d5dc149..e7d576f13 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/UnsetVisualStudioEnvironmentVariablesAttribute.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Execution/UnsetVisualStudioEnvironmentVariablesAttribute.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ namespace Nuke.Common.Execution
     [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class)]
     public class UnsetVisualStudioEnvironmentVariablesAttribute : Attribute, IPreLogoBuildExtension
     {
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
         {
             new[]
             {
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/NukeBuild.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/NukeBuild.cs
index 79f9f283c..bde8f4a04 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/NukeBuild.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/NukeBuild.cs
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ namespace Nuke.Common
     /// class DefaultBuild : NukeBuild
     /// {
     ///     public static int Main () => Execute&lt;DefaultBuild&gt;(x => x.Compile);
-    /// 
+    ///
     ///     Target Clean =&gt; _ =&gt; _
     ///         .Executes(() =&gt;
     ///         {
     ///             EnsureCleanDirectory(OutputDirectory);
     ///         });
-    /// 
+    ///
     ///     Target Compile =&gt; _ =&gt; _
     ///         .DependsOn(Clean)
     ///         .Executes(() =&gt;
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ namespace Nuke.Common
     /// </code>
     /// </example>
     [PublicAPI]
-    [HandleHelpRequests]
+    [HandleHelpRequest]
+    [HandlePlanRequest]
     [HandleShellCompletion]
     [HandleVisualStudioDebugging]
     public abstract partial class NukeBuild
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ protected static int Execute<T>(Expression<Func<T, Target>> defaultTargetExpress
         internal void ExecuteExtensions<T>()
             where T : IBuildExtension
         {
-            GetType().GetCustomAttributes().OfType<T>().ForEach(x => x.Execute(this, ExecutableTargets));
+            GetType().GetCustomAttributes().OfType<T>().ForEach(x => x.Execute(this, ExecutableTargets, ExecutionPlan));
         }
 
         protected internal virtual IOutputSink OutputSink
diff --git a/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/VerbosityMappingAttribute.cs b/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/VerbosityMappingAttribute.cs
index 5cf9a7457..274adc10a 100644
--- a/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/VerbosityMappingAttribute.cs
+++ b/source/Nuke.Common/Tooling/VerbosityMappingAttribute.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ public VerbosityMappingAttribute(Type targetType)
         public string Normal { get; set; }
         public string Verbose { get; set; }
 
-        public void Execute(NukeBuild build, IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets)
+        public void Execute(
+            NukeBuild build,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executableTargets,
+            IReadOnlyCollection<ExecutableTarget> executionPlan)
         {
             object GetMappedValue(string name)
                 => _targetType