diff --git a/src/neptune_scale/cli/main.py b/src/neptune_scale/cli/main.py
index d3927b1..8e4921d 100644
--- a/src/neptune_scale/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/neptune_scale/cli/main.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     sync,
 )
 from neptune_scale.storage.operations import DATA_DIR
+from neptune_scale.util.styles import ensure_style_detected
 
 
 @click.group()
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@
 )
 @click.pass_context
 def main(ctx: click.Context, path: Optional[str]) -> None:
+    ensure_style_detected()
+
     ctx.ensure_object(dict)
     if path is None:
         neptune_dir = Path(".") / DATA_DIR
diff --git a/src/neptune_scale/cli/sync.py b/src/neptune_scale/cli/sync.py
index 8e4b0e8..7f26d1c 100644
--- a/src/neptune_scale/cli/sync.py
+++ b/src/neptune_scale/cli/sync.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     list_runs,
 )
 from neptune_scale.util import get_logger
+from neptune_scale.util.styles import STYLES
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -216,13 +217,24 @@ def _verify_fork_parent(local_run: LocalRun, parent_must_exist: bool) -> None:
             return
         time.sleep(2**i)
 
-    msg = f"Parent Run `{local_run.fork_run_id}` does not exist."
-
     if parent_must_exist:
-        logger.error(msg)
-        raise NeptuneRunForkParentNotFound()
+        msg = """
+{h1}
+Parent Run `{fork_run_id}` does not exist.
+{end}
+
+This can happen if the parent run was created in offline mode and is not yet
+synced to the Neptune backend.
+
+Run {bash}neptune status -v{end} to list all local runs, and manually sync the parent
+run first using {bash}neptune sync <filename>{end}.
+
+Alternatively you can run {bash}neptune sync --sync-no-parent{end} to ignore this error,
+and proceed with syncing the without the parent run.
+        """
+        raise Exception(msg.format(fork_run_id=local_run.fork_run_id, **STYLES))
 
-    msg += " Proceeding because --sync-no-parent was passed."
+    msg = f"Parent Run `{local_run.fork_run_id}` does not exist. Proceeding because --sync-no-parent was passed."
     logger.warning(msg)