diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py
index a72cea033..fe0dec126 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from monkey_island.cc.setup import island_config_options_validator  # noqa: E402
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.gevent_hub_error_handler import GeventHubErrorHandler  # noqa: E402
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.island_config_options import IslandConfigOptions  # noqa: E402
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.database_initializer import init_collections  # noqa: E402
+from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.mongo_db_process import MongoDbProcessException  # noqa: E402
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.mongo_setup import (  # noqa: E402
     MONGO_URL,
     connect_to_mongodb,
@@ -52,11 +53,20 @@ def run_monkey_island():
     _configure_logging(config_options)
     _initialize_globals(config_options, server_config_path)
 
+    mongo_db_process = None
+
     if config_options.start_mongodb:
         mongo_db_process = start_mongodb(config_options.data_dir)
         register_mongo_shutdown_callback(mongo_db_process)
 
-    connect_to_mongodb()
+    try:
+        connect_to_mongodb(mongo_db_process)
+    except MongoDbProcessException:
+        logger.error(
+            f"MongoDB could not start. For details, check the MongoDB log at "
+            f"{mongo_db_process.get_log_file()}"
+        )
+        sys.exit(-1)
 
     _configure_gevent_exception_handling(Path(config_options.data_dir))
     _start_island_server(island_args.setup_only, config_options)
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_db_process.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_db_process.py
index 0a3b55d19..ffa531647 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_db_process.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_db_process.py
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class MongoDbProcess:
                 self._mongo_run_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, stdout=log
             )
 
-        logger.info("MongoDB launched successfully!")
+        if not self.is_running():
+            raise MongoDbProcessException
+
+        logger.info("MongoDB has been launched!")
 
     def stop(self):
         if not self._process:
@@ -47,3 +50,16 @@ class MongoDbProcess:
                 f"MongoDB did not terminate gracefully and will be forcefully killed: {te}"
             )
             self._process.kill()
+
+    def is_running(self) -> bool:
+        if self._process.poll() is None:
+            return True
+
+        return False
+
+    def get_log_file(self) -> str:
+        return self._log_file
+
+
+class MongoDbProcessException(Exception):
+    pass
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py
index 02e097c68..449beeb72 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from monkey_island.cc.database import get_db_version, is_db_server_up
 from monkey_island.cc.server_utils.file_utils import create_secure_directory
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo import mongo_connector
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.mongo_connector import MONGO_DB_HOST, MONGO_DB_NAME, MONGO_DB_PORT
-from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.mongo_db_process import MongoDbProcess
+from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.mongo_db_process import MongoDbProcess, MongoDbProcessException
 
 DB_DIR_NAME = "db"
 MONGO_LOG_FILENAME = "mongodb.log"
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def start_mongodb(data_dir: str) -> MongoDbProcess:
     log_file = os.path.join(data_dir, MONGO_LOG_FILENAME)
 
     mongo_db_process = MongoDbProcess(db_dir=db_dir, log_file=log_file)
+
     mongo_db_process.start()
 
     return mongo_db_process
@@ -43,15 +44,19 @@ def register_mongo_shutdown_callback(mongo_db_process: MongoDbProcess):
     atexit.register(mongo_db_process.stop)
 
 
-def connect_to_mongodb():
-    _wait_for_mongo_db_server(MONGO_URL)
+def connect_to_mongodb(mongo_db_process: MongoDbProcess):
+    _wait_for_mongo_db_server(MONGO_URL, mongo_db_process)
     _assert_mongo_db_version(MONGO_URL)
     mongo_connector.connect_dal_to_mongodb()
 
 
-def _wait_for_mongo_db_server(mongo_url):
+def _wait_for_mongo_db_server(mongo_url, mongo_db_process):
     while not is_db_server_up(mongo_url):
         logger.info("Waiting for MongoDB server on {0}".format(mongo_url))
+
+        if mongo_db_process is not None and not mongo_db_process.is_running():
+            raise MongoDbProcessException
+
         time.sleep(1)