diff --git a/dockerutil/container_lifecycle.go b/dockerutil/container_lifecycle.go
index b0bd53802..56f8c0135 100644
--- a/dockerutil/container_lifecycle.go
+++ b/dockerutil/container_lifecycle.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (c *ContainerLifecycle) CheckForFailedStart(ctx context.Context, wait time.
 
 	if err := ParseSDKPanicFromText(logs.String()); err != nil {
 		// Must use Println and not the logger as there are ascii escape codes in the logs.
-		fmt.Printf("\nContainer name: %s. logs\n%s\n", c.containerName, logs.String())
+		fmt.Printf("\nContainer name: %s.\nerror: %s.\nlogs\n%s\n", c.containerName, err.Error(), logs.String())
 		return fmt.Errorf("container %s failed to start: %w", c.containerName, err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/local-interchain/interchain/start.go b/local-interchain/interchain/start.go
index 5dff7c86a..e5c060ee3 100644
--- a/local-interchain/interchain/start.go
+++ b/local-interchain/interchain/start.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func StartChain(installDir, chainCfgFile string, ac *types.AppStartConfig) {
 		SkipPathCreation: false,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error starting: %v", err)
+		log.Fatalf("ic.Build: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if relayer != nil && len(ibcpaths) > 0 {