diff --git a/configs/ubuntu.yml b/configs/ubuntu.yml
index 7fe445b..6ef2b2e 100644
--- a/configs/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/configs/ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 devices:
   /dev/vdb:
-    fs: xfs
+    fs: ext4
     label: external-vol
     mountPoint: /mnt/app
     group: ubuntu
diff --git a/internal/backend/resize.go b/internal/backend/resize.go
index 8cd2f8c..33721c9 100644
--- a/internal/backend/resize.go
+++ b/internal/backend/resize.go
@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@ type BlockDeviceMetrics struct {
 }
 
 func (bdm *BlockDeviceMetrics) ShouldResize(threshold float64) bool {
-	// Handle edge case for dividing by zero
-	if bdm.BlockDeviceSize == 0 {
-		return false
-	}
-	utilisation := (float64(bdm.FileSystemSize) / float64(bdm.BlockDeviceSize)) * 100
-	return utilisation < threshold
+	// Minimum File System Size (mfss)
+	mfss := float64(bdm.BlockDeviceSize) * (threshold / 100)
+	return float64(bdm.FileSystemSize) < mfss
 }
 
 type DeviceResizeBackend interface {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 5b35870..db576f6 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// DefaultResizeThreshold is the default threshold for triggering a filesystem resize.
-	// It is expressed as a percentage of the total filesystem size. If the used space
-	// is below this threshold, a resize operation will be initiated. The default value is
-	// set to 99.999% to account for occasional overhead that reduces the effective storage
-	// that can be used by the filesystem
-	DefaultResizeThreshold = 99.999
-	DefaultMountOptions    = model.MountOptions("defaults")
+	DefaultMountOptions = model.MountOptions("defaults")
 )
 
 type Flag struct {
@@ -183,7 +177,7 @@ func (c *Config) GetResizeFs(name string) bool {
 func (c *Config) GetResizeThreshold(name string) float64 {
 	cd, found := c.Devices[name]
 	if !found {
-		return DefaultResizeThreshold
+		return 0
 	}
 	if c.overrides.ResizeThreshold != 0 {
 		return c.overrides.ResizeThreshold
@@ -191,8 +185,5 @@ func (c *Config) GetResizeThreshold(name string) float64 {
 	if cd.ResizeThreshold != 0 {
 		return cd.ResizeThreshold
 	}
-	if c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold != 0 {
-		return c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold
-	}
-	return DefaultResizeThreshold
+	return c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/validator.go b/internal/config/validator.go
index 5e391f3..b8913ed 100644
--- a/internal/config/validator.go
+++ b/internal/config/validator.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (fsv *FileSystemValidator) Validate(c *Config) error {
 	for name, device := range c.Devices {
 		fs, err := model.ParseFileSystem(string(device.Fs))
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s: %s is not a supported file system", name, fs)
+			return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s: '%s' is not a supported file system", name, fs)
 		}
 		if fs == model.Unformatted {
 			return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s: Must provide a supported file system", name)
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ func (fsv *ModeValidator) Validate(c *Config) error {
 	mode := string(c.Defaults.Mode)
 	_, err := model.ParseMode(mode)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s is not a supported global mode", mode)
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%s' (defaults) is not a global mode", mode)
 	}
 
 	mode = string(c.overrides.Mode)
 	_, err = model.ParseMode(mode)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s is not a supported overrides mode", mode)
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%s' (-mode) is not a supported mode", mode)
 	}
 
 	for name, device := range c.Devices {
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ func NewMountOptionsValidator() *MountOptionsValidator {
 func (mov *MountOptionsValidator) Validate(c *Config) error {
 	mo := string(c.Defaults.MountOptions)
 	if err := mov.validate(mo); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%s' is not a supported global mode as %s", mo, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%s' (defaults) is not a supported mode as %s", mo, err)
 	}
 	mo = string(c.overrides.MountOptions)
 	if err := mov.validate(mo); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%s' is not a supported overrides mode as %s", mo, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%s' (-mount-options) is not a supported mode as %s", mo, err)
 	}
 	for name, device := range c.Devices {
 		mo := string(device.MountOptions)
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ func NewResizeThresholdValidator() *ResizeThresholdValidator {
 
 func (rtv *ResizeThresholdValidator) Validate(c *Config) error {
 	if c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold < 0 || c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold > 100 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%g' (default) must be a floating point between 0 and 100", c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold)
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%g' (default) must be a floating point between (inclusive) 0 and 100", c.Defaults.ResizeThreshold)
 	}
 	if c.overrides.ResizeThreshold < 0 || c.overrides.ResizeThreshold > 100 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%g' (overrides) must be a floating point between 0 and 100", c.overrides.ResizeThreshold)
+		return fmt.Errorf("🔴 '%g' (-resize-threshold) must be a floating point between (inclusive) 0 and 100", c.overrides.ResizeThreshold)
 	}
 	for name, device := range c.Devices {
 		if device.ResizeThreshold < 0 || device.ResizeThreshold > 100 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s: '%g' must be a floating point between 0 and 100", name, device.ResizeThreshold)
+			return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s: '%g' must be a floating point between (inclusive) 0 and 100", name, device.ResizeThreshold)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/layer/resize.go b/internal/layer/resize.go
index 023c3f6..889153c 100644
--- a/internal/layer/resize.go
+++ b/internal/layer/resize.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package layer
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/reecetech/ebs-bootstrap/internal/action"
 	"github.com/reecetech/ebs-bootstrap/internal/backend"
 	"github.com/reecetech/ebs-bootstrap/internal/config"
@@ -35,7 +37,11 @@ func (fdl *ResizeDeviceLayer) Modify(c *config.Config) ([]action.Action, error)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		mode := c.GetMode(name)
-		if rt := c.GetResizeThreshold(name); metrics.ShouldResize(rt) {
+		rt := c.GetResizeThreshold(name)
+		// If the resize threshold is set to 0, let us ensure that there is always
+		// an attempt to resize the block device. For the currently supported file systems
+		// xfs and ext4, the commands to resize the block device are idempotent
+		if rt == 0 || metrics.ShouldResize(rt) {
 			a, err := fdl.deviceResizeBackend.Resize(bd)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
@@ -48,6 +54,21 @@ func (fdl *ResizeDeviceLayer) Modify(c *config.Config) ([]action.Action, error)
 }
 
 func (fdl *ResizeDeviceLayer) Validate(c *config.Config) error {
+	for name := range c.Devices {
+		if !c.GetResizeFs(name) {
+			continue
+		}
+		metrics, err := fdl.deviceResizeBackend.GetBlockDeviceMetrics(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		rt := c.GetResizeThreshold(name)
+		// If the resize threshold is 0, then the device would always be resized
+		// Therefore, lets ignore that case from our validation checks
+		if rt > 0 && metrics.ShouldResize(rt) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("🔴 %s: Failed to resize file system. File System=%d Block Device=%d (bytes)", name, metrics.FileSystemSize, metrics.BlockDeviceSize)
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }