diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py
index 304ec9788..ef44ca6fa 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/server_setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from monkey_island.cc.setup.island_config_options import IslandConfigOptions  #
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.database_initializer import init_collections  # noqa: E402
 from monkey_island.cc.setup.mongo.mongo_setup import (  # noqa: E402
     MONGO_URL,
-    TIMEOUT,
     MongoDBTimeOutException,
     MongoDBVersionException,
     connect_to_mongodb,
@@ -63,15 +62,16 @@ def run_monkey_island():
 
     try:
         connect_to_mongodb()
-    except MongoDBTimeOutException:
+    except MongoDBTimeOutException as ex:
         if config_options.start_mongodb and not mongo_db_process.is_running():
             logger.error(
                 f"Failed to start MongoDB process. Check log at {mongo_db_process.log_file}."
             )
         else:
-            logger.error(f"Failed to connect to MongoDB after {TIMEOUT} seconds. ")
+            logger.error(ex)
         sys.exit(1)
-    except MongoDBVersionException:
+    except MongoDBVersionException as ex:
+        logger.error(ex)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     _configure_gevent_exception_handling(Path(config_options.data_dir))
diff --git a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py
index df0470f3b..6ebd6e89b 100644
--- a/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py
+++ b/monkey/monkey_island/cc/setup/mongo/mongo_setup.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def _wait_for_mongo_db_server(mongo_url):
         logger.info("Waiting for MongoDB server on {0}".format(mongo_url))
 
         if (time.time() - start_time) > TIMEOUT:
-            raise MongoDBTimeOutException
+            raise MongoDBTimeOutException(f"Failed to connect to MongoDB after {TIMEOUT} seconds.")
 
         time.sleep(1)
 
@@ -70,12 +70,9 @@ def _assert_mongo_db_version(mongo_url):
     required_version = tuple(MINIMUM_MONGO_DB_VERSION_REQUIRED.split("."))
     server_version = get_db_version(mongo_url)
     if server_version < required_version:
-        logger.error(
-            "Mongo DB version too old. {0} is required, but got {1}".format(
-                str(required_version), str(server_version)
-            )
+        raise MongoDBVersionException(
+            f"Mongo DB version too old. {required_version} is required, but got {server_version}."
         )
-        raise MongoDBVersionException
     else:
         logger.info("Mongo DB version OK. Got {0}".format(str(server_version)))