diff --git a/common/api/sunnylink.py b/common/api/sunnylink.py
index 76cc6f21d7..d7a83c1530 100644
--- a/common/api/sunnylink.py
+++ b/common/api/sunnylink.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SunnylinkApi(BaseApi):
             self._status_update(f"Waiting {backoff}s before retry, Exception occurred during registration: [{str(e)}]")
 
           with open('/data/community/crashes/error.txt', 'a') as f:
-            f.write(f"{datetime.now()}: {str(e)}\n")
+            f.write(f"[{datetime.now()}] sunnylink: {str(e)}\n")
 
           backoff = min(backoff * 2, 60)
           time.sleep(backoff)
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
index 0e6409bbb5..8d45e62ce4 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/sidebar.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void Sidebar::updateState(const UIState &s) {
 
   if (sunnylink_enabled && last_sunnylink_ping == 0) {
     // If sunnylink is enabled, but we don't have a dongle id, and we haven't received a ping yet, we are registering
-    status = sl_dongle_id.has_value() ? tr("OFFLINE") : tr("REGISTERING");
+    status = sl_dongle_id.has_value() ? tr("OFFLINE") : tr("REGIST...");
     color = sl_dongle_id.has_value() ? warning_color : progress_color;
   } else if (sunnylink_enabled) {
     // If sunnylink is enabled, we are considered online if we have received a ping in the last 80 seconds, else error.