diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 73dcb170b1020..dbd2f4c8d5ab8 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1724,7 +1724,9 @@ bool AppInitMain()
         }
     }
 
-    LoadTierTwo(chain_active_height, load_cache_files);
+    if (!LoadTierTwo(chain_active_height, load_cache_files)) {
+        return false; // error informed inside the function
+    }
     RegisterTierTwoValidationInterface();
 
     // set the mode of budget voting for this node
diff --git a/src/tiertwo/init.cpp b/src/tiertwo/init.cpp
index 68da9af0f5276..76f1ca13b3532 100644
--- a/src/tiertwo/init.cpp
+++ b/src/tiertwo/init.cpp
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ bool LoadTierTwo(int chain_active_height, bool load_cache_files)
     CFlatDB<CMasternodeMetaMan> metadb(MN_META_CACHE_FILENAME, MN_META_CACHE_FILE_ID);
     if (load_cache_files) {
         if (!metadb.Load(g_mmetaman)) {
-            return UIError(strprintf(_("Failed to load masternode metadata cache from: %s"), metadb.GetDbPath().string()));
+            LogPrintf("Failed to load masternode metadata cache from: %s", metadb.GetDbPath().string());
         }
     } else {
         CMasternodeMetaMan mmetamanTmp;
         if (!metadb.Dump(mmetamanTmp)) {
-            return UIError(strprintf(_("Failed to clear masternode metadata cache at: %s"), metadb.GetDbPath().string()));
+            LogPrintf("Failed to clear masternode metadata cache at: %s", metadb.GetDbPath().string());
         }
     }