diff --git a/backends/twitter/main.cpp b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
index 5cbf2def..f68f25ab 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/main.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/main.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	StorageBackend *storagebackend;
 	storagebackend = StorageBackend::createBackend(cfg, error);
 	if (storagebackend == NULL) {
-		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Error creating StorageBackend! " << error)
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Error creating StorageBackend! " << error);
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Twitter backend needs storage backend configured to work! " << error);
 		return -2;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index bcea34f7..5061d1ce 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -332,7 +332,13 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::start() {
 		if (result != 0) {
 			if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
 				if (WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
-					LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Backend can not be started, exit_code=" << WEXITSTATUS(status) << ", possible error: " << strerror(WEXITSTATUS(status)));
+					if (status == 254) {
+						LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Backend can not be started, because it needs database to store data, but the database backend is not configured.");
+					}
+					else {
+						LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Backend can not be started, exit_code=" << WEXITSTATUS(status) << ", possible error: " << strerror(WEXITSTATUS(status)));
+					}
+					LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Check backend log for more details");
 					continue;
 				}
 			}