diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
index a2c7b566bb..3de0259a38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
@@ -117,4 +117,5 @@ jobs:
                 -e MARIADB_USER=obscurouser \
                 -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.OBSCURO_GATEWAY_MARIADB_USER_PWD }} \
                 -v /home/obscuro/go-obscuro/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/schema.sql \
-                mariadb:11.1.2-jammy'
+                mariadb:11.1.2-jammy \
+                --max_password_errors=2'
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/userconn/user_conn.go b/tools/walletextension/userconn/user_conn.go
index b40e0ed28e..42ae63e0b8 100644
--- a/tools/walletextension/userconn/user_conn.go
+++ b/tools/walletextension/userconn/user_conn.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (h *userConnHTTP) WriteResponse(msg []byte) error {
 }
 
 func (h *userConnHTTP) HandleError(msg string) {
-	h.logger.Error(msg)
+	h.logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Handling HTTP user error - %s", msg))
 	httpLogAndSendErr(h.resp, msg)
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func (w *userConnWS) WriteResponse(msg []byte) error {
 
 // HandleError logs and prints the error, and writes it to the websocket as a JSON object with a single key, "error".
 func (w *userConnWS) HandleError(msg string) {
-	w.logger.Error(msg)
+	w.logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Handling WS user error - %s", msg))
 
 	errMsg, err := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
 		common.JSONKeyErr: msg,