diff --git a/installer/cloud.go b/installer/cloud.go
index 177a98ebe..5cb8548a2 100644
--- a/installer/cloud.go
+++ b/installer/cloud.go
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ func Cloud(c *types.Config, update bool) error {
 		fmt.Println("Initializing User Auditor database [OK]")
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("Checking OpenSearch status")
+
 	indexURL := "http://localhost:9200/.utm-geoip?pretty"
 	indexExists, err := utils.CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(indexURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -228,6 +230,8 @@ func Cloud(c *types.Config, update bool) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		fmt.Println("Initializing OpenSearch [OK]")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("OpenSearch status  [OK]")
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Waiting for Backend to be ready. This may take a while.")
diff --git a/installer/master.go b/installer/master.go
index 27e540b65..3e6643eb5 100644
--- a/installer/master.go
+++ b/installer/master.go
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ func Master(c *types.Config) error {
 		fmt.Println("Initializing User Auditor database [OK]")
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println("Checking OpenSearch status")
+
 	indexURL := "http://localhost:9200/.utm-geoip?pretty"
 	indexExists, err := utils.CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(indexURL)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -216,6 +218,8 @@ func Master(c *types.Config) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		fmt.Println("Initializing OpenSearch [OK]")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("OpenSearch status  [OK]")
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Waiting for Backend to be ready. This may take a while.")
diff --git a/installer/utils/elastic.go b/installer/utils/elastic.go
index dae3da2c2..1418b4924 100644
--- a/installer/utils/elastic.go
+++ b/installer/utils/elastic.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func CheckIndexExists(url string) (bool, error) {
 
 // retrying every 5 seconds up to a total duration of 1 minute.
 func CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(url string) (bool, error) {
-	timeout := time.Minute
+	timeout := 5 * time.Minute
 	interval := 5 * time.Second
 	deadline := time.Now().Add(timeout)
 
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ func CheckIndexExistsWithRetry(url string) (bool, error) {
 			return exists, nil
 		}
 		lastErr = err
-		fmt.Printf("Attempt failed: %v. Retrying in %v...\n", err, interval)
 		time.Sleep(interval)
 	}
-	return false, fmt.Errorf("failed after retries: %v", lastErr)
+	return false, fmt.Errorf("OpenSearch status check failed after retries: %v", lastErr)
 }