diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/config.go b/pkg/minikube/node/config.go
index 0031b4948b..14ad22ae8f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/config.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/config.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func configureRuntimes(runner cruntime.CommandRunner, drvName string, k8s config
 	}
 	if !driver.IsKIC(drvName) {
 		if err := cr.Preload(k8s.KubernetesVersion); err != nil {
-			glog.Infof("Failed to preload container runtime %s: %v, falling back to caching images", cr.Name(), err)
+			glog.Errorf("Failed to preload container runtime %s: %v, falling back to caching images", cr.Name(), err)
 			if err := machine.CacheImagesForBootstrapper(k8s.ImageRepository, k8s.KubernetesVersion, viper.GetString(cmdcfg.Bootstrapper)); err != nil {
 				exit.WithError("Failed to cache images", err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index 045471cacf..8dfbde6643 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func Start(mc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node, primary bool, existingAddons
 	mRunner, preExists, machineAPI, host := startMachine(&mc, &n)
 	defer machineAPI.Close()
 
+	// wait for preloaded tarball to finish downloading before configuring runtimes
 	waitCacheRequiredImages(&cacheGroup)
 
 	// configure the runtime (docker, containerd, crio)