diff --git a/Godeps/Godeps.json b/Godeps/Godeps.json
index c71d4b139..da233aac0 100644
--- a/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/tendermint/go-common",
-			"Rev": "19f5a93cffe6df6734c3e7cf3896ba3cea546348"
+			"Rev": "02022e356aab724d17b8cc2e4e035ef49b6099af"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/tendermint/go-config",
diff --git a/handlers/handlers.go b/handlers/handlers.go
index 7e9284387..ada84381e 100644
--- a/handlers/handlers.go
+++ b/handlers/handlers.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (tn *TendermintNetwork) RegisterChain(chainConfig *types.BlockchainConfig)
 		v.Status = &types.ValidatorStatus{}
 
 		if err := v.Start(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error starting validator %s: %v", v.Config.Validator.ID, err)
 		}
 
 		// register callbacks for the validator
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index fae7f3a23..26895a991 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func cmdMonitor(c *cli.Context) {
 		// Register validator set
 		_, err := network.RegisterValidatorSet(valSetCfg)
 		if err != nil {
-			Exit(err.Error())
+			Exit("Register validator set error: " + err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func cmdMonitor(c *cli.Context) {
 		// Register blockchain
 		_, err := network.RegisterChain(chainCfg)
 		if err != nil {
-			Exit(err.Error())
+			Exit(Fmt("Register chain error for chain %s: %v", chainCfg.ID, err))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/tendermint/go-common/service.go b/vendor/github.com/tendermint/go-common/service.go
index 1d2303247..7ecb1687c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/tendermint/go-common/service.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/tendermint/go-common/service.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (bs *BaseService) Stop() bool {
 		return true
 	} else {
 		if bs.log != nil {
-			bs.log.Notice(Fmt("Stopping %v (ignoring: already stopped)", bs.name), "impl", bs.impl)
+			bs.log.Debug(Fmt("Stopping %v (ignoring: already stopped)", bs.name), "impl", bs.impl)
 		}
 		return false
 	}