diff --git a/substrate/polkadot/cli/src/lib.rs b/substrate/polkadot/cli/src/lib.rs
index 577535035c..411d713ca7 100644
--- a/substrate/polkadot/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/polkadot/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -160,25 +160,6 @@ pub fn run<I, T>(args: I) -> error::Result<()> where
 
 	config.chain_name = chain_spec.clone().into();
 
-	let _guard = if matches.is_present("telemetry") || matches.value_of("telemetry-url").is_some() {
-		let name = config.name.clone();
-		let chain_name = config.chain_name.clone();
-		Some(init_telemetry(TelemetryConfig {
-			url: matches.value_of("telemetry-url").unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_URL).into(),
-			on_connect: Box::new(move || {
-				telemetry!("system.connected";
-					"name" => name.clone(),
-					"implementation" => "parity-polkadot",
-					"version" => crate_version!(),
-					"config" => "",
-					"chain" => chain_name.clone(),
-				);
-			}),
-		}))
-	} else {
-		None
-	};
-
 	let base_path = matches.value_of("base-path")
 		.map(|x| Path::new(x).to_owned())
 		.unwrap_or_else(default_base_path);
@@ -263,6 +244,25 @@ pub fn run<I, T>(args: I) -> error::Result<()> where
 		chain_name: config.chain_name.clone(),
 	};
 
+	let _guard = if matches.is_present("telemetry") || matches.value_of("telemetry-url").is_some() {
+		let name = config.name.clone();
+		let chain_name = config.chain_name.clone();
+		Some(init_telemetry(TelemetryConfig {
+			url: matches.value_of("telemetry-url").unwrap_or(DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_URL).into(),
+			on_connect: Box::new(move || {
+				telemetry!("system.connected";
+					"name" => name.clone(),
+					"implementation" => "parity-polkadot",
+					"version" => crate_version!(),
+					"config" => "",
+					"chain" => chain_name.clone(),
+				);
+			}),
+		}))
+	} else {
+		None
+	};
+
 	match role == service::Role::LIGHT {
 		true => run_until_exit(core, service::new_light(config)?, &matches, sys_conf),
 		false => run_until_exit(core, service::new_full(config)?, &matches, sys_conf),
diff --git a/substrate/polkadot/service/src/components.rs b/substrate/polkadot/service/src/components.rs
index 846c51dc91..6da71918a4 100644
--- a/substrate/polkadot/service/src/components.rs
+++ b/substrate/polkadot/service/src/components.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ impl Components for FullComponents {
 
 		// Load the first available key
 		let key = keystore.load(&keystore.contents()?[0], "")?;
-		info!("Using authority key {:?}", key.public());
+		info!("Using authority key: {}", key.public());
 		Ok(Some(consensus::Service::new(
 			client.clone(),
 			client.clone(),
diff --git a/substrate/polkadot/service/src/lib.rs b/substrate/polkadot/service/src/lib.rs
index 5b7db92ff2..0bc343e0c9 100644
--- a/substrate/polkadot/service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/polkadot/service/src/lib.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl<Components> Service<Components>
 		let api = components.build_api(client.clone());
 		let best_header = client.best_block_header()?;
 
-		info!("Best block is #{}", best_header.number);
+		info!("Best block: #{}", best_header.number);
 		telemetry!("node.start"; "height" => best_header.number, "best" => ?best_header.hash());
 
 		let transaction_pool = Arc::new(TransactionPool::new(config.transaction_pool, api.clone()));
diff --git a/substrate/substrate/ed25519/src/lib.rs b/substrate/substrate/ed25519/src/lib.rs
index f659ad5405..536b390bd4 100644
--- a/substrate/substrate/ed25519/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/substrate/ed25519/src/lib.rs
@@ -168,13 +168,14 @@ impl AsRef<Pair> for Pair {
 
 impl ::std::fmt::Display for Public {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
-		write!(f, "{}", ::primitives::hexdisplay::HexDisplay::from(&self.0))
+		write!(f, "{}", self.to_ss58check())
 	}
 }
 
 impl ::std::fmt::Debug for Public {
 	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
-		write!(f, "{}", ::primitives::hexdisplay::HexDisplay::from(&self.0))
+		let s = self.to_ss58check();
+		write!(f, "{} ({}...)", ::primitives::hexdisplay::HexDisplay::from(&self.0), &s[0..8])
 	}
 }