diff --git a/src/blobs.js b/src/blobs.js
index 4d5fafd25..249b8c2a9 100644
--- a/src/blobs.js
+++ b/src/blobs.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async function initSecrets() {
     let value = await get(exports.ACME_ACCOUNT_KEY);
     if (!value) {
         const accountKeyPem = safe.child_process.execSync('openssl genrsa 4096');
-        if (!accountKeyPem) throw new BoxError(BoxError.OPENSSL_ERROR, safe.error);
+        if (!accountKeyPem) throw new BoxError(BoxError.OPENSSL_ERROR, `Could not generate acme account key: ${safe.error.message}`);
         await set(exports.ACME_ACCOUNT_KEY, accountKeyPem);
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async function initSecrets() {
             safe.fs.unlinkSync(`${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub`);
             safe.fs.unlinkSync(`${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key`);
         }
-        if (!safe.child_process.execSync(`ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -f "${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key" -q -N ""`)) throw new BoxError(BoxError.OPENSSL_ERROR, safe.error);
+        if (!safe.child_process.execSync(`ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -f "${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key" -q -N ""`)) throw new BoxError(BoxError.OPENSSL_ERROR, `Could not generate sftp ssh keys: ${safe.error.message}`);
         const publicKey = safe.fs.readFileSync(`${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub`);
         await set(exports.SFTP_PUBLIC_KEY, publicKey);
         const privateKey = safe.fs.readFileSync(`${paths.SFTP_KEYS_DIR}/ssh_host_rsa_key`);
diff --git a/src/domains.js b/src/domains.js
index ea5105756..c702e27e3 100644
--- a/src/domains.js
+++ b/src/domains.js
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ const apps = require('./apps.js'),
     settings = require('./settings.js'),
     sysinfo = require('./sysinfo.js'),
     tld = require('tldjs'),
-    util = require('util'),
     _ = require('underscore');
 
 const NOOP_CALLBACK = function (error) { if (error) debug(error); };