diff --git a/litellm/integrations/akto/akto_logger.py b/litellm/integrations/akto/akto_logger.py
index 12b6bdf354a..69a7e7402df 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/akto/akto_logger.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/akto/akto_logger.py
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ class AktoLogger(CustomLogger):
                 "status": "unhealthy",
                 "error_message": f"Akto returned status {response.status_code}",
             }
-        except Exception as e:
-            return {"status": "unhealthy", "error_message": str(e)}
+        except Exception:
+            return {"status": "unhealthy", "error_message": "Akto health check failed"}
 
     # ── Logging callbacks ──
 
diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
index 405b1e41f0f..44853cdba74 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/litellm_logging.py
@@ -3711,6 +3711,7 @@ def set_callbacks(callback_list, function_id=None):  # noqa: PLR0915
                 print_verbose("Initialized Greenscale Logger")
             elif callback == "akto":
                 aktoLogger = AktoLogger()
+                print_verbose("Initialized Akto Logger")
             elif callable(callback):
                 customLogger = CustomLogger()
     except Exception as e: