diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/client/minio.go b/backend/src/apiserver/client/minio.go
index 800f815be5b..27c08a67901 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/client/minio.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/client/minio.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func CreateMinioClient(minioServiceHost string, minioServicePort string,
 	cred := createCredentialProvidersChain(endpoint, accessKey, secretKey)
 	minioClient, err := minio.NewWithCredentials(endpoint, cred, secure, region)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error while creating minio client: %+v", err)
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "Error while creating object store client: %+v", err)
 	}
 	return minioClient, nil
 }
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func CreateMinioClientOrFatal(minioServiceHost string, minioServicePort string,
 	b.MaxElapsedTime = initConnectionTimeout
 	err = backoff.Retry(operation, b)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create Minio client. Error: %v", err)
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create object store client. Error: %v", err)
 	}
 	return minioClient
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager/client_manager.go b/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager/client_manager.go
index 261aef5605f..2368666e3ff 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager/client_manager.go
+++ b/backend/src/apiserver/client_manager/client_manager.go
@@ -168,9 +168,10 @@ func (c *ClientManager) Authenticators() []auth.Authenticator {
 
 func (c *ClientManager) init() {
 	glog.Info("Initializing client manager")
+	glog.Info("Initializing DB client...")
 	db := InitDBClient(common.GetDurationConfig(initConnectionTimeout))
 	db.SetConnMaxLifetime(common.GetDurationConfig(dbConMaxLifeTime))
-
+	glog.Info("DB client initialized successfully")
 	// time
 	c.time = util.NewRealTime()
 
@@ -185,8 +186,9 @@ func (c *ClientManager) init() {
 	c.resourceReferenceStore = storage.NewResourceReferenceStore(db)
 	c.dBStatusStore = storage.NewDBStatusStore(db)
 	c.defaultExperimentStore = storage.NewDefaultExperimentStore(db)
+	glog.Info("Initializing Object store client...")
 	c.objectStore = initMinioClient(common.GetDurationConfig(initConnectionTimeout))
-
+	glog.Info("Object store client initialized successfully")
 	// Use default value of client QPS (5) & burst (10) defined in
 	// k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go#RESTClientFor
 	clientParams := util.ClientParameters{
@@ -494,10 +496,10 @@ func initMinioClient(initConnectionTimeout time.Duration) storage.ObjectStoreInt
 }
 
 func createMinioBucket(minioClient *minio.Client, bucketName, region string) {
-	// Check to see if we already own this bucket.
+	// Check to see if it exists, and we have permission to access it.
 	exists, err := minioClient.BucketExists(bucketName)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to check if Minio bucket exists. Error: %v", err)
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to check if object store bucket exists. Error: %v", err)
 	}
 	if exists {
 		glog.Infof("We already own %s\n", bucketName)
@@ -506,7 +508,7 @@ func createMinioBucket(minioClient *minio.Client, bucketName, region string) {
 	// Create bucket if it does not exist
 	err = minioClient.MakeBucket(bucketName, region)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create Minio bucket. Error: %v", err)
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to create object store bucket. Error: %v", err)
 	}
 	glog.Infof("Successfully created bucket %s\n", bucketName)
 }