diff --git a/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/config/DistributorOptions.java b/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/config/DistributorOptions.java
index efb8bc0229f55..b653248372ed7 100644
--- a/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/config/DistributorOptions.java
+++ b/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/config/DistributorOptions.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 public class DistributorOptions {
 
-  public static final int DEFAULT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL = 300;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL = 120;
   public static final String DISTRIBUTOR_SECTION = "distributor";
   static final String DEFAULT_DISTRIBUTOR_IMPLEMENTATION =
     "org.openqa.selenium.grid.distributor.local.LocalDistributor";
diff --git a/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/local/LocalDistributor.java b/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/local/LocalDistributor.java
index 00005494db24c..af98865fa67f7 100644
--- a/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/local/LocalDistributor.java
+++ b/java/server/src/org/openqa/selenium/grid/distributor/local/LocalDistributor.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.sessionmap.config.SessionMapOptions;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.sessionqueue.NewSessionQueue;
 import org.openqa.selenium.grid.sessionqueue.config.NewSessionQueueOptions;
+import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Debug;
 import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Either;
 import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Require;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.SessionId;
@@ -249,8 +250,6 @@ private void register(NodeStatus status) {
   public LocalDistributor add(Node node) {
     Require.nonNull("Node", node);
 
-    LOG.info(String.format("Added node %s at %s.", node.getId(), node.getUri()));
-
     nodes.put(node.getId(), node);
     model.add(node.getStatus());
 
@@ -259,6 +258,12 @@ public LocalDistributor add(Node node) {
     allChecks.put(node.getId(), runnableHealthCheck);
     hostChecker.submit(runnableHealthCheck, healthcheckInterval, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
 
+    LOG.info(String.format(
+      "Added node %s at %s. Health check every %ss",
+      node.getId(),
+      node.getUri(),
+      healthcheckInterval.toMillis() / 1000));
+
     bus.fire(new NodeAddedEvent(node.getId()));
 
     return this;
@@ -268,6 +273,8 @@ private Runnable asRunnableHealthCheck(Node node) {
     HealthCheck healthCheck = node.getHealthCheck();
     NodeId id = node.getId();
     return () -> {
+      LOG.log(getDebugLogLevel(), "Running health check for " + node.getId());
+
       HealthCheck.Result result;
       try {
         result = healthCheck.check();
@@ -279,6 +286,9 @@ private Runnable asRunnableHealthCheck(Node node) {
       Lock writeLock = lock.writeLock();
       writeLock.lock();
       try {
+        LOG.log(
+          getDebugLogLevel(),
+          String.format("Health check result for %s was %s", node.getId(), result.getAvailability()));
         model.setAvailability(id, result.getAvailability());
       } finally {
         writeLock.unlock();