diff --git a/py_txi/inference_server.py b/py_txi/inference_server.py
index 09c42a4..c574983 100644
--- a/py_txi/inference_server.py
+++ b/py_txi/inference_server.py
@@ -144,8 +144,7 @@ def __init__(self, config: InferenceServerConfig) -> None:
                 LOGGER.info(f"\t+ {log}")
                 break
             elif self.FAILURE_SENTINEL.lower() in log.lower():
-                LOGGER.info(f"\t+ {log}")
-                raise Exception(f"{self.NAME} server failed to start")
+                raise Exception(f"{self.NAME} server failed to start with failure message: {log}")
             else:
                 LOGGER.info(f"\t+ {log}")
 
diff --git a/py_txi/text_generation_inference.py b/py_txi/text_generation_inference.py
index d34d7ac..f3985ff 100644
--- a/py_txi/text_generation_inference.py
+++ b/py_txi/text_generation_inference.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:
 class TGI(InferenceServer):
     NAME: str = "Text-Generation-Inference"
     SUCCESS_SENTINEL: str = "Connected"
-    FAILURE_SENTINEL: str = "Error"
+    FAILURE_SENTINEL: str = "Traceback"
 
     def __init__(self, config: TGIConfig) -> None:
         super().__init__(config)