diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 2b334c4..7fbd32e 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ import unifiedpush from '@/routes/unified-push';
 import { isLocalIP } from '@/utils/auth';
 import { logError, logInfo, logVerbose, logWarn } from '@/utils/log';
 
-try {
-  await initSignal();
-} catch (error) {
-  logError(`${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`);
-}
+initSignal();
 
 if (!API_KEY) {
   logWarn('Server running without API_KEY');
diff --git a/server/modules/proton-mail.ts b/server/modules/proton-mail.ts
index eb3321c..d011171 100644
--- a/server/modules/proton-mail.ts
+++ b/server/modules/proton-mail.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export async function startProtonMonitor() {
 
   if (!(await hasValidAccount())) {
     logWarn('Signal account not linked. Proton Mail notifications will be skipped.');
-    logWarn('Link your Signal account at /link to enable email notifications.');
+    logWarn('Link your Signal account to enable email notifications.');
   }
 
   logInfo(`Connecting to Proton Bridge at ${PROTON_BRIDGE_HOST}:${PROTON_BRIDGE_PORT}`);
diff --git a/server/modules/signal.ts b/server/modules/signal.ts
index 2c21b5d..3c82a4e 100644
--- a/server/modules/signal.ts
+++ b/server/modules/signal.ts
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export async function startDaemon() {
     }
   })();
 
-  for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
     await Bun.sleep(500);
     try {
       const socket = await Bun.connect({
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export async function startDaemon() {
     return startDaemon();
   }
 
-  logError('Failed to connect to signal-cli socket: daemon did not start within 10 seconds');
+  logError('Failed to connect to signal-cli socket: daemon did not start within 30 seconds');
   if (proc.exitCode !== null) {
     logError('signal-cli process exited with code:', proc.exitCode);
   }