diff --git a/das/distributed_atom_space.py b/das/distributed_atom_space.py
index 19d5450..f0d2801 100644
--- a/das/distributed_atom_space.py
+++ b/das/distributed_atom_space.py
@@ -42,21 +42,23 @@ def _setup_database(self):
         port = os.environ.get('DAS_MONGODB_PORT')
         username = os.environ.get('DAS_DATABASE_USERNAME')
         password = os.environ.get('DAS_DATABASE_PASSWORD')
-        logger().info(f"Connecting to MongoDB at port {port}")
+        logger().info(f"Connecting to MongoDB at {hostname}:{port}")
         self.mongo_db = MongoDBClient(f'mongodb://{username}:{password}@{hostname}:{port}')[self.database_name]
 
         hostname = os.environ.get('DAS_REDIS_HOSTNAME')
         port = os.environ.get('DAS_REDIS_PORT')
         #TODO fix this to use a proper parameter
         if port == "7000":
-            logger().info(f"Connecting to Redis cluster at port {port}")
+            logger().info(f"Connecting to Redis cluster at {hostname}:{port}")
             self.redis = RedisCluster(host=hostname, port=port, decode_responses=False)
         else:
             self.redis = Redis(host=hostname, port=port, decode_responses=False)
-            logger().info(f"Connecting to standalone Redis at port {port}")
+            logger().info(f"Connecting to standalone Redis at {hostname}:{port}")
 
         self.db = RedisMongoDB(self.redis, self.mongo_db)
+        logger().info(f"Prefetching data")
         self.db.prefetch()
+        logger().info(f"Database setup finished")
 
     def _log_mongodb_counts(self):
         tags = [
diff --git a/scripts/mongo-up.sh b/scripts/mongo-up.sh
index 914452b..903ef7f 100755
--- a/scripts/mongo-up.sh
+++ b/scripts/mongo-up.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ echo "Starting MongoDB on port $DAS_MONGODB_PORT"
 
 docker stop mongo_$DAS_MONGODB_PORT >& /dev/null
 docker rm mongo_$DAS_MONGODB_PORT >& /dev/null
+docker volume rm mongodbdata >& /dev/null
 docker run \
     --detach \
     --name mongo_$DAS_MONGODB_PORT \