diff --git a/rootfs/etc/services.d/collector-once/run b/rootfs/etc/services.d/collector-once/run
index 2fc2dc2..02ac223 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/services.d/collector-once/run
+++ b/rootfs/etc/services.d/collector-once/run
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ s6-svwait -u /var/run/s6/services/scrutiny
 s6-svc -O /var/run/s6/services/collector-once
 
 # wait until scrutiny is "Ready"
-until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080/api/health); do echo "not ready" && sleep 5; done
+until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080/api/health); do echo "scrutiny api not ready" && sleep 5; done
 
 echo "starting scrutiny collector"
 /scrutiny/bin/scrutiny-collector-metrics run
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/services.d/scrutiny/run b/rootfs/etc/services.d/scrutiny/run
index 38b3c9d..3fac4a6 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/services.d/scrutiny/run
+++ b/rootfs/etc/services.d/scrutiny/run
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
 echo "waiting for influxdb"
-until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8086/health); do echo "not ready"; done
+until $(curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8086/health); do echo "influxdb not ready" && sleep 5; done
 
 echo "starting scrutiny"
 scrutiny start