diff --git a/packages/faucet/src/actions/start.ts b/packages/faucet/src/actions/start.ts
index 55c6509c..63c13fef 100644
--- a/packages/faucet/src/actions/start.ts
+++ b/packages/faucet/src/actions/start.ts
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ export async function start(args: readonly string[]): Promise<void> {
   console.info("Creating webserver ...");
   const server = new Webserver(faucet, { nodeUrl: blockchainBaseUrl, chainId: chainId });
   server.start(constants.port);
+  console.info(`Try "curl -sS http://localhost:${constants.port}/status | jq" to check the status.`);
 }
diff --git a/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts b/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts
index 6db469f2..efe71bb3 100644
--- a/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts
+++ b/packages/faucet/src/faucet.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class Faucet {
 
   public async refill(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.logging) {
-      console.info(`Connected to network: ${this.readOnlyClient.getChainId()}`);
+      console.info(`Connected to network: ${await this.readOnlyClient.getChainId()}`);
       console.info(`Tokens on network: ${this.loadTokenTickers().join(", ")}`);
     }