diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index cc23b2a4f0..9a643475cb 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 name: Bug report
 about: Create a report to help us improve
 title: "[BUG]"
-labels: ''
-assignees: ''
+labels: "i: bug, i: needs triage"
+assignees: ""
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index 1a860c6cb5..57fef3461b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Feature request
 about: Suggest an idea for this project
 title: "[FEATURE]"
-labels: "enhancement"
+labels: "i: enhancement, i: needs triage"
 assignees: ''
 
 ---
diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 99b3ec1dba..d3eb0a31b7 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+---
+name: Pull request
+about: ""
+title: "[PR]"
+labels: "i: pull-request, i: needs triage"
+assignees: ""
+
+---
+
 ## 🚀 🚀 Pull Request
 
 ### All Submissions:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d664534ba2..4d11368398 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ Activeloop’s Hub format lets you achieve faster inference at a lower cost. We
 
 Check these and many more popular datasets on our [visualizer web app](https://app.activeloop.ai/datasets/popular) and load them directly for model training!
 
+## README Badge
+
+Using Hub? Add a README badge to let everyone know: 
+
+
+[![hub](https://img.shields.io/badge/powered%20by-hub%20-ff5a1f.svg)](https://github.com/activeloopai/Hub)
+
+```
+[![hub](https://img.shields.io/badge/powered%20by-hub%20-ff5a1f.svg)](https://github.com/activeloopai/Hub)
+```
 
 ## Disclaimers
 
diff --git a/hub/__init__.py b/hub/__init__.py
index c88e962012..463336094f 100644
--- a/hub/__init__.py
+++ b/hub/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from hub.compute import transform
 from hub.log import logger
 import traceback
-from hub.exceptions import DaskModuleNotInstalledException
+from hub.exceptions import DaskModuleNotInstalledException, HubDatasetNotFoundException
 
 
 def local_mode():
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def load(tag):
         return ds
     except ImportError:
         raise DaskModuleNotInstalledException
+    except HubDatasetNotFoundException:
+        raise
     except Exception as e:
         pass
         # logger.warning(traceback.format_exc() + str(e))
diff --git a/hub/collections/dataset/core.py b/hub/collections/dataset/core.py
index 3224e4ea07..ebae7fe09b 100644
--- a/hub/collections/dataset/core.py
+++ b/hub/collections/dataset/core.py
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ def load(tag, creds=None, session_creds=True) -> Dataset:
     fs, path = _load_fs_and_path(tag, creds, session_creds=session_creds)
     fs: fsspec.AbstractFileSystem = fs
     path_2 = f"{path}/meta.json"
-    if not fs.exists(path):
+    if not fs.exists(path_2):
         raise HubDatasetNotFoundException(tag)
 
     with fs.open(path_2, "r") as f:
diff --git a/hub/tests/test_hub_init.py b/hub/tests/test_hub_init.py
index 963d45ceed..8594ca20f0 100644
--- a/hub/tests/test_hub_init.py
+++ b/hub/tests/test_hub_init.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from hub.exceptions import HubDatasetNotFoundException
+import pytest
+
 import hub
 import hub.config
 from hub.utils import dask_loaded
@@ -22,6 +25,13 @@ def test_load(caplog):
     assert isinstance(obj, hub.Dataset) == True
 
 
+def test_load_wrong_dataset():
+    try:
+        obj = hub.load("./data/dataset_that_does_not_exist")
+    except Exception as ex:
+        assert isinstance(ex, HubDatasetNotFoundException)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_local_mode()
     test_dev_mode()