diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e3450b1..8861a68 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ chrono = "0.4"
 flate2 = "1.0.0"
 r2d2 = "0.8.9"
 r2d2_postgres = "0.18.0"
+ansi_term = "0.12"
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index 4544705..5328b97 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+use crate::error::Error;
 use r2d2_postgres::postgres::NoTls;
 use r2d2_postgres::PostgresConnectionManager;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 pub enum Pool {
     Postgres(r2d2::Pool<PostgresConnectionManager<NoTls>>),
@@ -13,16 +15,24 @@ pub enum Client {
 
 static mut POOL: Option<Arc<Mutex<Pool>>> = None;
 
-pub fn init() {
+pub fn init() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let manager = PostgresConnectionManager::new(
         "host=localhost user=postgres dbname=test".parse().unwrap(),
         NoTls,
     );
 
-    let pool = r2d2::Pool::new(manager).unwrap();
+    let pool = r2d2::Pool::builder()
+        .max_size(64)
+        .min_idle(Some(2))
+        .connection_timeout(Duration::from_secs(4))
+        .max_lifetime(Some(Duration::from_secs(3600)))
+        .build(manager)?;
+
     unsafe {
         POOL = Some(Arc::new(Mutex::new(Pool::Postgres(pool))));
     }
+
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 pub fn client() -> Client {
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ed1faa2..ac1cfd7 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,50 @@
-
 pub enum ErrorKind {
-    InvalidEndpoint,
+    InvalidEndpointError,
     JsonParseError,
+    DatabaseError,
 }
 
 pub struct Error {
     kind: ErrorKind,
+    desc: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Error {
     pub fn new(kind: ErrorKind) -> Error {
-        Error {
-            kind,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<serde_json::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(_: serde_json::Error) -> Self {
-        Error {
-            kind: ErrorKind::JsonParseError,
-        }
+        Error { kind, desc: None }
     }
 }
 
 impl ToString for Error {
     fn to_string(&self) -> String {
-        match self.kind {
-            ErrorKind::InvalidEndpoint => "invalid endpoint",
-            ErrorKind::JsonParseError => "JSON parse error",
-        }.to_string()
+        let mut error = match self.kind {
+            ErrorKind::InvalidEndpointError => "invalid endpoint",
+            ErrorKind::JsonParseError => "unable to parse JSON data",
+            ErrorKind::DatabaseError => "unable to connect to database",
+        }
+        .to_string();
+        if let Some(desc) = &self.desc {
+            error += ": ";
+            error += desc;
+        }
+        error
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<serde_json::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(error: serde_json::Error) -> Self {
+        Error {
+            kind: ErrorKind::JsonParseError,
+            desc: Some(error.to_string()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<r2d2::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(error: r2d2::Error) -> Self {
+        Error {
+            kind: ErrorKind::DatabaseError,
+            desc: Some(error.to_string()),
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ea96209..78f4211 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::thread;
 
+use ansi_term::Color;
 use openssl::ssl::{SslAcceptor, SslFiletype, SslMethod};
 use rusty_pool;
+use std::fmt::Formatter;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 mod database;
+mod error;
 mod http;
 mod udp;
 mod usimp;
 mod websocket;
-mod error;
 
 enum SocketType {
     Http,
@@ -20,12 +22,24 @@ enum SocketType {
     Udp,
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for SocketType {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", match self {
+            SocketType::Http => "http+ws",
+            SocketType::Https => "https+wss",
+            SocketType::Udp => "udp",
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 struct SocketConfig {
     address: SocketAddr,
     socket_type: SocketType,
 }
 
 fn main() {
+    println!("Locutus server");
+
     let socket_configs: Vec<SocketConfig> = vec![
         SocketConfig {
             address: "[::]:8080".parse().unwrap(),
@@ -41,7 +55,13 @@ fn main() {
         },
     ];
 
-    database::init();
+    // Note: rust's stdout is line buffered!
+    eprint!("Initializing database connection pool...");
+    if let Err(error) = database::init() {
+        eprintln!("\n{}", Color::Red.bold().paint(error.to_string()));
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+    eprintln!(" {}", Color::Green.paint("success"));
 
     let thread_pool = rusty_pool::Builder::new()
         .core_size(4)
@@ -55,6 +75,12 @@ fn main() {
     for socket_config in socket_configs {
         let thread_pool_mutex = thread_pool_mutex.clone();
 
+        eprintln!(
+            "Creating listening thread for {} ({})",
+            ansi_term::Style::new().bold().paint(socket_config.address.to_string()),
+            socket_config.socket_type
+        );
+
         threads.push(match socket_config.socket_type {
             SocketType::Http => thread::spawn(move || {
                 let mut tcp_socket = TcpListener::bind(socket_config.address).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/usimp/mod.rs b/src/usimp/mod.rs
index 867939c..345b300 100644
--- a/src/usimp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/usimp/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::error::*;
 pub fn endpoint(endpoint: &str, input: serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
     match endpoint {
         "echo" => Ok(serde_json::to_value(echo(serde_json::from_value(input)?))?),
-        _ => Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidEndpoint)),
+        _ => Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidEndpointError)),
     }
 }