diff --git a/agent/accessPrivate.go b/agent/accessPrivate.go
index 2107f2df..2a9298cf 100644
--- a/agent/accessPrivate.go
+++ b/agent/accessPrivate.go
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ func (i *agentGrpcImpl) AccessPrivate(_ context.Context, req *agentGrpc.AccessPr
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	go acc.monitor()
 	<-acc.bootComplete
 
 	if acc.bootErr == nil {
+		go acc.monitor()
 		i.agent.addAccess <- acc
 		return &agentGrpc.AccessPrivateResponse{FrontendToken: acc.frontendToken}, nil
 	}
-
 	return nil, acc.bootErr
 }
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/accessPrivate.go b/cmd/zrok/accessPrivate.go
index 4b45be38..b940026d 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/accessPrivate.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/accessPrivate.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ func (cmd *accessPrivateCommand) accessLocal(args []string, root env_core.Root)
 
 	if cmd.subordinate {
 		data := make(map[string]interface{})
+		data["message"] = "boot"
 		data["frontend_token"] = accessResp.Payload.FrontendToken
 		data["bind_address"] = bindAddress
 		jsonData, err := json.Marshal(data)
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ func (cmd *accessPrivateCommand) accessLocal(args []string, root env_core.Root)
 			select {
 			case req := <-requests:
 				data := make(map[string]interface{})
+				data["message"] = "access"
 				data["remote-address"] = req.RemoteAddr
 				data["method"] = req.Method
 				data["path"] = req.Path
diff --git a/cmd/zrok/util.go b/cmd/zrok/util.go
index 912a1658..e4adfd32 100644
--- a/cmd/zrok/util.go
+++ b/cmd/zrok/util.go
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ func parseUrl(in string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func subordinateError(err error) {
-	fmt.Printf("{ \"error\": \"%v\" }\n", err.Error())
+	fmt.Printf("{ \"message\": \"error\", \"error\": \"%v\" }\n", err.Error())
 	os.Exit(1)
 }