diff --git a/api/adminmonitor/admin_monitor.go b/api/adminmonitor/admin_monitor.go
index 2f5bfa696..3aa3711be 100644
--- a/api/adminmonitor/admin_monitor.go
+++ b/api/adminmonitor/admin_monitor.go
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ func (m *Monitor) Start() {
 		case <-time.After(m.timeout):
 			initialized, err := m.WasInitialized()
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("")
+				log.Error().Err(err).Msg("AdminMonitor failed to determine if Portainer is Initialized")
+				return
 			}
 
 			if !initialized {
diff --git a/api/cmd/portainer/main.go b/api/cmd/portainer/main.go
index e03896b86..229625bc1 100644
--- a/api/cmd/portainer/main.go
+++ b/api/cmd/portainer/main.go
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ func buildServer(flags *portainer.CLIFlags) portainer.Server {
 	// resolved we can remove this function.
 	err = kubernetesClientFactory.PostInitMigrateIngresses()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failure during creation of new database")
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failure during post init migrations")
 	}
 
 	return &http.Server{