diff --git a/src/github/client.rs b/src/github/client.rs
index 7f98169..1df9ec1 100644
--- a/src/github/client.rs
+++ b/src/github/client.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ fn check_status(resp: Response) -> Result<Response> {
     if status.is_success() {
         return Ok(resp);
     }
-    let url = resp.url().to_string();
+    let path = resp.url().path().to_string();
     let body = resp.text().unwrap_or_default();
     let message = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&body)
         .ok()
         .and_then(|v| v["message"].as_str().map(String::from))
         .unwrap_or(body);
-    anyhow::bail!("{status} — {message}\n  URL: {url}")
+    let api_path = path.strip_prefix('/').unwrap_or(&path);
+    anyhow::bail!("{status} — {message}\n  API: {api_path}")
 }
 
 impl GithubClient {
@@ -107,6 +108,22 @@ impl GithubClient {
         check_status(resp)?;
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn validate_scopes(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let user = self.get::<serde_json::Value>("/user")?;
+
+        let message = user.get("message").and_then(|m| m.as_str());
+
+        if let Some(msg) = message {
+            if msg.contains("API rate limit") {
+                anyhow::bail!("GitHub API rate limit exceeded");
+            } else if msg.contains("Bad credentials") {
+                anyhow::bail!("GitHub token is invalid or expired");
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Env var → vault → inline prompt. Returns (token, vault_passphrase).
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 03be4fb..69723dd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ fn run_config() -> Result<()> {
     println!();
     let (token, _) = vault::prompt_and_save_github_token()?;
 
-    // Validate
+    // Validate token
     let client = github::client::GithubClient::new(&token);
     print!("  Validating token... ");
+    client.validate_scopes()?;
     let user = github::repo::get_user(&client)?;
     println!("ok  ({})", user.login);
 
diff --git a/src/vault.rs b/src/vault.rs
index 1965431..2672eb1 100644
--- a/src/vault.rs
+++ b/src/vault.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ pub struct VaultData {
     pub secrets: HashMap<String, String>,
 }
 
-/// Blake2b-256(username ‖ hostname ‖ binary_path ‖ passphrase ‖ domain)
+/// Blake2b-256(username ‖ hostname ‖ passphrase ‖ domain)
+/// Note: Removed binary_path to allow vault to work even if binary is relocated
 fn derive_key(passphrase: &str) -> Result<[u8; KEY_LEN]> {
     let mut hasher = Blake2bVar::new(KEY_LEN).expect("valid output size");
     Update::update(&mut hasher, whoami::username().as_bytes());
@@ -30,14 +31,6 @@ fn derive_key(passphrase: &str) -> Result<[u8; KEY_LEN]> {
         whoami::fallible::hostname().unwrap_or_default().as_bytes(),
     );
     Update::update(&mut hasher, b"|");
-    Update::update(
-        &mut hasher,
-        std::env::current_exe()
-            .unwrap_or_default()
-            .to_string_lossy()
-            .as_bytes(),
-    );
-    Update::update(&mut hasher, b"|");
     Update::update(&mut hasher, passphrase.as_bytes());
     Update::update(&mut hasher, DOMAIN_SEPARATOR);
 
@@ -234,9 +227,23 @@ fn ask_optional_passphrase() -> Result<String> {
         return Ok(String::new());
     }
 
-    Ok(inquire::Password::new("Passphrase:")
-        .prompt()
-        .unwrap_or_default())
+    loop {
+        let passphrase = inquire::Password::new("Passphrase:")
+            .with_help_message("Minimum 8 characters recommended")
+            .prompt()?;
+
+        if passphrase.len() < 8 {
+            println!("  \x1b[33m⚠ Passphrase is weak (less than 8 characters)\x1b[0m");
+            let confirm_weak = inquire::Confirm::new("Use this weak passphrase anyway?")
+                .with_default(false)
+                .prompt()?;
+            if !confirm_weak {
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Ok(passphrase);
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn save_secret(name: &str, value: &str, passphrase: &str) -> Result<()> {