diff --git a/manifests/db/sync.pp b/manifests/db/sync.pp
index 260e209..b5cdd38 100644
--- a/manifests/db/sync.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/sync.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class ec2api::db::sync (
     refreshonly => true,
     try_sleep   => 5,
     tries       => 10,
+    logoutput   => on_failure,
     subscribe   => [
       Anchor['ec2api::install::end'],
       Anchor['ec2api::config::end'],
diff --git a/spec/classes/ec2api_db_sync_spec.rb b/spec/classes/ec2api_db_sync_spec.rb
index 381f4de..7c02ccb 100644
--- a/spec/classes/ec2api_db_sync_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/ec2api_db_sync_spec.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ describe 'ec2api::db::sync' do
           :user        => 'ec2api',
           :group       => 'ec2api',
           :refreshonly => true,
+          :logoutput   => 'on_failure',
           :subscribe   => [
             'Anchor[ec2api::install::end]',
             'Anchor[ec2api::config::end]',