diff --git a/scripts/cloudron-support b/scripts/cloudron-support
index 816957844..949ae803d 100755
--- a/scripts/cloudron-support
+++ b/scripts/cloudron-support
@@ -329,7 +329,12 @@ function check_unbound() {
     fi
 
     if ! host cloudron.io 127.0.0.150 &>/dev/null; then
-        fail "Unbound is not resolving, maybe try forwarding all DNS requests. You can do this by running 'cloudron-support --unbound-forward-dns' option"
+        if ! host -t NS . 198.41.0.4 &>/dev/null; then # the IP is DNS A root server IP
+            fail "Unbound is not resolving. Outbound DNS requests are blocked. Use 'cloudron-support --unbound-forward-dns <dns>' to forward DNS requests."
+        else
+            fail "Unbound is not resolving. However, Outbound DNS requests are not blocked. Investigate output of 'journactl -u unbound'"
+        fi
+
         host cloudron.io 127.0.0.150
         exit 1
     fi