diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/channelstream/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/channelstream/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/channelstream/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/channelstream/views.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPB
 
 from rhodecode.apps._base import BaseAppView
 from rhodecode.lib.channelstream import (
-    channelstream_request,
+    channelstream_request, get_channelstream_server_url,
     ChannelstreamConnectionException,
     ChannelstreamPermissionException,
     check_channel_permissions,
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ class ChannelstreamView(BaseAppView):
     @NotAnonymous()
     @view_config(route_name='channelstream_connect', renderer='json_ext')
     def connect(self):
+        """ handle authorization of users trying to connect """
+
         self.load_default_context()
-        """ handle authorization of users trying to connect """
         try:
             json_body = self.request.json_body
         except Exception:
@@ -107,11 +108,14 @@ class ChannelstreamView(BaseAppView):
                 'broadcast_presence_with_user_lists': True
             }
         # connect user to server
+        channelstream_url = get_channelstream_server_url(
+            self.channelstream_config, '/connect')
         try:
-            connect_result = channelstream_request(self.channelstream_config,
-                                                   payload, '/connect')
+            connect_result = channelstream_request(
+                self.channelstream_config, payload, '/connect')
         except ChannelstreamConnectionException:
-            log.exception('Channelstream service is down')
+            log.exception(
+                'Channelstream service at {} is down'.format(channelstream_url))
             return HTTPBadGateway()
 
         connect_result['channels'] = channels
@@ -153,17 +157,21 @@ class ChannelstreamView(BaseAppView):
                 'store_history': True,
                 'broadcast_presence_with_user_lists': True
             }
+
+        channelstream_url = get_channelstream_server_url(
+            self.channelstream_config, '/subscribe')
         try:
             connect_result = channelstream_request(
                 self.channelstream_config, payload, '/subscribe')
         except ChannelstreamConnectionException:
-            log.exception('Channelstream service is down')
+            log.exception(
+                'Channelstream service at {} is down'.format(channelstream_url))
             return HTTPBadGateway()
         # include_channel_info will limit history only to new channel
         # to not overwrite histories on other channels in client
         connect_result['channels_info'] = parse_channels_info(
             connect_result['channels_info'],
             include_channel_info=filtered_channels)
-        update_history_from_logs(self.channelstream_config,
-                                 filtered_channels, connect_result)
+        update_history_from_logs(
+            self.channelstream_config, filtered_channels, connect_result)
         return connect_result
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/channelstream.py b/rhodecode/lib/channelstream.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/channelstream.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/channelstream.py
@@ -53,23 +53,27 @@ class ChannelstreamPermissionException(C
     pass
 
 
+def get_channelstream_server_url(config, endpoint):
+    return 'http://{}{}'.format(config['server'], endpoint)
+
+
 def channelstream_request(config, payload, endpoint, raise_exc=True):
     signer = itsdangerous.TimestampSigner(config['secret'])
     sig_for_server = signer.sign(endpoint)
     secret_headers = {'x-channelstream-secret': sig_for_server,
                       'x-channelstream-endpoint': endpoint,
                       'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
-    req_url = 'http://{}{}'.format(config['server'], endpoint)
+    req_url = get_channelstream_server_url(config, endpoint)
     response = None
     try:
         response = requests.post(req_url, data=json.dumps(payload),
                                  headers=secret_headers).json()
     except requests.ConnectionError:
-        log.exception('ConnectionError happened')
+        log.exception('ConnectionError occurred for endpoint %s', req_url)
         if raise_exc:
-            raise ChannelstreamConnectionException()
+            raise ChannelstreamConnectionException(req_url)
     except Exception:
-        log.exception('Exception related to channelstream happened')
+        log.exception('Exception related to Channelstream happened')
         if raise_exc:
             raise ChannelstreamConnectionException()
     return response