diff -r 80ee93a7d257 -r 0aef555055ee src/server/daemon/webserver.c
--- a/src/server/daemon/webserver.c	Sun Sep 25 11:00:38 2022 +0200
+++ b/src/server/daemon/webserver.c	Sun Sep 25 11:56:47 2022 +0200
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@
     // init NSPR
     systhread_init("webserver");
     
+    log_ereport(LOG_VERBOSE, "webserver_init");
+    
     // init ssl
     if(ws_init_ssl()) {
+        log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "ssl init failed");
         return -1;
     }
     
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@
     
     // init resource pools
     if(init_resource_pools()) {
+        log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "resource pool init failed");
         return -1;
     }
     
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@
     if(cfgmgr_load_config(&mgr) != 0) {
         return -1;
     }
+    log_ereport(LOG_VERBOSE, "cfgmgr_load_config stage 1 successful");
     ServerConfiguration *cfg = mgr.cfg;
     
     // init caches
@@ -175,6 +180,7 @@
     // now that the process is running as the correct user, we can load
     // the remaining config
     if(cfgmgr_apply_config(&mgr)) {
+        log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "load config stage 2 failed");
         return -1;
     }
     
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@
                         "cannot change permissions of tmp dir %s:",
                         tmp_priv.ptr,
                         strerror(errno));
-                return 0;
+                return -1;
             }
         } else {
             log_ereport(