diff --git a/lib/check-started.js b/lib/check-started.js
index d4a9d2d2..1052535a 100644
--- a/lib/check-started.js
+++ b/lib/check-started.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async function checkStarted(seleniumArgs) {
     retry: 0,
   };
 
-  let attempts = 10;
+  let attempts = 20;
   const startTime = Date.now();
   while (attempts > 0 && Date.now() - startTime < 60000) {
     await sleep(500);
diff --git a/lib/install-utils.js b/lib/install-utils.js
index 2afe7bab..a306c0a9 100644
--- a/lib/install-utils.js
+++ b/lib/install-utils.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const got = require('got');
 const merge = require('lodash.merge');
 const debug = require('debug')('selenium-standalone:install');
+const { logError } = require('./log-error');
 
 const installers = ['selenium', 'chrome', 'ie', 'firefox', 'edge', 'chromiumedge'];
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ const chmod = (where) =>
     debug('chmod 0755 on', where);
     fs.chmod(where, '0755', (err) => {
       if (err) {
-        return reject(err);
+        return reject(logError('chmod', err));
       }
       resolve();
     });
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ function isUpToDate(url, requestOpts, hash, cb) {
       cb(false);
     })
     .catch((err) => {
-      return cb(new Error(`Could not request headers from ${url}: ${err.response.statusCode}`));
+      return cb(
+        new Error(`Could not request headers from ${url}: ${err.response ? err.response.statusCode : err.message}`)
+      );
     });
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ async function uncompressDownloadedFile(zipFilePath) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
     yauzl.open(zipFilePath, function onOpenZipFile(err, zipFile) {
       if (err) {
-        return reject(err);
+        return reject(logError('uncompressDownloadedFile:yauzl.open', err));
       }
       zipFile.on('entry', (entry) => {
         if (/.*\/.*/.test(entry.fileName)) {
@@ -139,14 +142,18 @@ async function uncompressDownloadedFile(zipFilePath) {
         }
         zipFile.openReadStream(entry, { autoClose: true }, function onOpenZipFileEntryReadStream(errRead, readStream) {
           if (errRead) {
-            return reject(errRead);
+            return reject(logError('uncompressDownloadedFile:zipFile.openReadStream', err));
           }
           const extractPath = path.join(
             path.dirname(zipFilePath),
             isBrowserDriver(entry.fileName) ? path.basename(zipFilePath, '.zip') : entry.fileName
           );
-          const extractWriteStream = fs.createWriteStream(extractPath).once('error', reject);
-          readStream.pipe(extractWriteStream).once('error', reject);
+          const extractWriteStream = fs
+            .createWriteStream(extractPath)
+            .once('error', (errWs) => reject(logError('uncompressDownloadedFile:readStream.pipe', errWs)));
+          readStream
+            .pipe(extractWriteStream)
+            .once('error', (errPipe) => reject(logError('uncompressDownloadedFile:readStream.pipe', errPipe)));
         });
       });
       zipFile.on('close', resolve);
@@ -157,7 +164,9 @@ async function uncompressDownloadedFile(zipFilePath) {
 async function uncompressGzippedFile(from, gzipFilePath) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const extractPath = path.join(path.dirname(gzipFilePath), path.basename(gzipFilePath, '.gz'));
-    const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(extractPath).once('error', reject);
+    const writeStream = fs
+      .createWriteStream(extractPath)
+      .once('error', (err) => reject(logError('uncompressGzippedFile:createWriteStream', err)));
     const gunzippedContent = fs.createReadStream(gzipFilePath).pipe(gunzip).once('error', reject);
 
     if (from.substr(-7) === '.tar.gz') {
@@ -210,7 +219,7 @@ async function runInstaller(installerFile, from, to) {
     runner.on('exit', () => {
       fs.readFile(logFile, 'utf16le', (err, data) => {
         if (err) {
-          return reject(err);
+          return reject(logError('runInstaller:readFile', err));
         }
 
         const installDir = data
@@ -230,11 +239,11 @@ async function runInstaller(installerFile, from, to) {
         })
           .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(to, { autoClose: true }))
           .once('finish', resolve)
-          .once('error', reject);
+          .once('error', (errWs) => reject(logError('runInstaller:createWriteStream', errWs)));
       });
     });
 
-    runner.on('error', reject);
+    runner.on('error', (errRunner) => reject(logError('runInstaller:runner', errRunner)));
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 780fa7b7..ded8eef2 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const {
   runInstaller,
 } = require('./install-utils');
 const { checkArgs } = require('./check-args');
+const { logError } = require('./log-error');
 
 /**
  * used ONLY to deal with progress bar.
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ async function install(_opts, _cb) {
     delete opts.drivers.chromiumedge;
   }
 
-  const requestOpts = Object.assign({ timeout: 60000 }, opts.requestOpts);
+  const requestOpts = Object.assign({ timeout: 90000 }, opts.requestOpts);
   if (opts.proxy) {
     requestOpts.proxy = opts.proxy;
   }
@@ -204,7 +205,10 @@ async function install(_opts, _cb) {
     const stream = await getDownloadStream(from);
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
-      stream.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(to)).once('error', reject).once('finish', resolve)
+      stream
+        .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(to))
+        .once('error', (err) => reject(logError('installSingleFile', err)))
+        .once('finish', resolve)
     );
   }
 
@@ -217,7 +221,9 @@ async function install(_opts, _cb) {
     const installerFile = getTempFileName('installer.msi');
 
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const msiWriteStream = fs.createWriteStream(installerFile).once('error', reject);
+      const msiWriteStream = fs
+        .createWriteStream(installerFile)
+        .once('error', (err) => reject(logError('downloadInstallerFile', err)));
       stream.pipe(msiWriteStream);
 
       msiWriteStream.once('finish', resolve);
@@ -251,7 +257,9 @@ async function install(_opts, _cb) {
 
     // Store downloaded compressed file
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const gzipWriteStream = fs.createWriteStream(to).once('error', reject);
+      const gzipWriteStream = fs
+        .createWriteStream(to)
+        .once('error', (err) => reject(logError('installGzippedFile', err)));
       stream.pipe(gzipWriteStream);
 
       gzipWriteStream.once('finish', resolve);
@@ -265,7 +273,9 @@ async function install(_opts, _cb) {
 
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // Store downloaded compressed file
-      const zipWriteStream = fs.createWriteStream(to).once('error', reject);
+      const zipWriteStream = fs
+        .createWriteStream(to)
+        .once('error', (err) => reject(logError('installZippedFile', err)));
       stream.pipe(zipWriteStream);
 
       // Uncompress downloaded file
@@ -298,10 +308,7 @@ async function install(_opts, _cb) {
         .once('end', () => {
           downloadStreams.delete(downloadStream);
         })
-        .once('error', (err) => {
-          console.error(err);
-          reject(new Error('Could not download ' + downloadUrl));
-        });
+        .once('error', (err) => reject(logError('getDownloadStream', err, 'Could not download ' + downloadUrl)));
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/log-error.js b/lib/log-error.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb17de0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/log-error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const logError = (fnName, error, message = '') => {
+  console.error(`Error in "${fnName}". ${message}\nSee more details below:`);
+  if (error) {
+    if (error.response) {
+      console.log(error.response.statusCode, error.response.url);
+    }
+    console.error(error.message || error);
+  }
+  return error;
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  logError,
+};