diff --git a/start-openvpn.sh b/start-openvpn.sh
index a5f8b7f..8724a5e 100644
--- a/start-openvpn.sh
+++ b/start-openvpn.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -o pipefail
 
+OVPN_LOG_FILE=/tmp/ovpnlog.txt
+
 change_hostname() {
     echo VPNDOCKER > /etc/hostname
 }
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ connect_vpn() {
         -e 's|^down .*$|down /etc/openvpn/down.sh|' \
         -e 's|^auth-user-pass.*$|auth-user-pass|' \
         "$OVPN_CONFIGURATION_FILE" > /tmp/ovpn.conf
-    openvpn --config /tmp/ovpn.conf --daemon
+    openvpn --config /tmp/ovpn.conf --log "$OVPN_LOG_FILE" --daemon
 }
 
 get_ip() {
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 change_hostname
 create_net_dev
 connect_vpn
-for _ in {1..50}; do
+for _ in {1..100}; do
     vpn_ip="$(get_ip)"
     if [ "$vpn_ip" = "$own_ip" ] || [ "$vpn_ip" = "" ]; then
         sleep .1
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ for _ in {1..50}; do
 done
 if [ "$vpn_ip" = "$own_ip" ] || [ "$vpn_ip" = "" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: Failed to connect to VPN (vpn_ip=$vpn_ip), aborting" >&2
+    echo "Ovpn log:" >&2
+    cat "$OVPN_LOG_FILE" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 echo "VPN IP: $vpn_ip"