diff --git a/lighthouse-core/gather/gather-runner.js b/lighthouse-core/gather/gather-runner.js
index 3091ac8fdd4f..16ef1a3bc43b 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/gather/gather-runner.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/gather/gather-runner.js
@@ -132,10 +132,12 @@ class GatherRunner {
    * Test any error output from the promise, absorbing non-fatal errors and
    * throwing on fatal ones so that run is stopped.
    * @param {!Promise<*>} promise
+   * @param {!string} gathererName
    * @return {!Promise<*>}
    */
-  static recoverOrThrow(promise) {
+  static recoverOrThrow(promise, gathererName) {
     return promise.catch(err => {
+      log.warn(gathererName, `Caught exception: ${err.message}`);
       if (err.fatal) {
         throw err;
       }
@@ -178,7 +180,7 @@ class GatherRunner {
       return chain.then(_ => {
         const artifactPromise = Promise.resolve().then(_ => gatherer.beforePass(options));
         gathererResults[gatherer.name] = [artifactPromise];
-        return GatherRunner.recoverOrThrow(artifactPromise);
+        return GatherRunner.recoverOrThrow(artifactPromise, gatherer.name);
       });
     }, pass);
   }
@@ -196,8 +198,8 @@ class GatherRunner {
     const gatherers = config.gatherers;
 
     const gatherernames = gatherers.map(g => g.name).join(', ');
-    const status = 'Loading page & waiting for onload';
-    log.log('status', status, gatherernames);
+    const status = 'Loading page & waiting for idle';
+    log.log('status', status, `Collecting data for ${gatherernames}`);
 
     const pass = GatherRunner.loadPage(driver, options).then(_ => {
       log.log('statusEnd', status);
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ class GatherRunner {
       return chain.then(_ => {
         const artifactPromise = Promise.resolve().then(_ => gatherer.pass(options));
         gathererResults[gatherer.name].push(artifactPromise);
-        return GatherRunner.recoverOrThrow(artifactPromise);
+        return GatherRunner.recoverOrThrow(artifactPromise, gatherer.name);
       });
     }, pass);
   }
@@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ class GatherRunner {
         log.log('status', status);
         const artifactPromise = Promise.resolve().then(_ => gatherer.afterPass(options, passData));
         gathererResults[gatherer.name].push(artifactPromise);
-        return GatherRunner.recoverOrThrow(artifactPromise);
+        return GatherRunner.recoverOrThrow(artifactPromise, gatherer.name);
       }).then(_ => {
         log.verbose('statusEnd', status);
       });
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/runner.js b/lighthouse-core/runner.js
index 296304decfab..72fd6daa4f70 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/runner.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/runner.js
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ class Runner {
         return artifacts;
       });
 
+
+      run = run.then(artifacts => {
+        log.log('status', 'Analyzing and running audits...');
+        return artifacts;
+      });
+
       // Run each audit sequentially, the auditResults array has all our fine work
       const auditResults = [];
       for (const audit of config.audits) {
@@ -125,6 +131,8 @@ class Runner {
     // Format and aggregate results before returning.
     run = run
       .then(runResults => {
+        log.log('status', 'Generating results...');
+
         const resultsById = runResults.auditResults.reduce((results, audit) => {
           results[audit.name] = audit;
           return results;
@@ -202,6 +210,7 @@ class Runner {
     // Fill remaining audit result fields.
     }).then(auditResult => Audit.generateAuditResult(audit, auditResult))
     .catch(err => {
+      log.warn(audit.meta.name, `Caught exception: ${err.message}`);
       if (err.fatal) {
         throw err;
       }