diff --git a/scripts/install_local.sh b/scripts/install_local.sh
index cb1b05edf0..013494fc04 100755
--- a/scripts/install_local.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_local.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [[ ${#@} < 2 ]]; then
+if [[ ${#@} -ne 2 ]]; then
     echo "Usage: $0 namespace chart"
     echo "* namespace: namespace to install into"
     echo "* chart: directory of chart manifests to install"
@@ -15,32 +15,34 @@ namespace=$1
 chart=$2
 
 # create OLM
-for f in ${chart}/*.yaml
+for f in "${chart}"/*.yaml
 do
     if [[ $f == *.configmap.yaml ]]
     then
-        kubectl replace --force -f ${f};
+        kubectl replace --force -f "${f}"
     else
-        kubectl apply -f ${f};
+        kubectl apply -f "${f}"
     fi
 done
 
 # wait for deployments to be ready
-kubectl rollout status -w deployment/olm-operator --namespace=${namespace}
-kubectl rollout status -w deployment/catalog-operator --namespace=${namespace}
-
-# wait for packageserver deployment to be ready
-retries=10
-until [[ $retries == 0 ||  $(kubectl rollout status -w deployment/packageserver --namespace=${namespace}) ]]; do
-    sleep 5
+kubectl rollout status -w deployment/olm-operator --namespace="${namespace}"
+kubectl rollout status -w deployment/catalog-operator --namespace="${namespace}"
+
+retries=50
+until [[ $retries == 0 || $new_csv_phase == "Succeeded" ]]; do
+    new_csv_phase=$(kubectl get csv -n "${namespace}" packageserver.v1.0.0 -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}' 2>/dev/null || echo "Waiting for CSV to appear")
+    if [[ $new_csv_phase != "$csv_phase" ]]; then
+        csv_phase=$new_csv_phase
+        echo "Package server phase: $csv_phase"
+    fi
+    sleep 1
     retries=$((retries - 1))
-    echo "retrying check rollout status for deployment \"packageserver\"..."
 done
 
-if [ $retries == 0 ]
-then
-    echo "deployment \"packageserver\" failed to roll out"
+if [ $retries == 0 ]; then
+    echo "CSV \"packageserver.v1.0.0\" failed to reach phase succeeded"
     exit 1
 fi
 
- echo "deployment \"packageserver\" successfully rolled out"
+kubectl rollout status -w deployment/packageserver --namespace="${namespace}"
diff --git a/scripts/run_e2e_local.sh b/scripts/run_e2e_local.sh
index 9826248f49..9ea2de13a0 100755
--- a/scripts/run_e2e_local.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_e2e_local.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function cleanupAndExit {
 		kubectl -n "${namespace}" logs -l app=olm-operator > olm.log;
 		kubectl -n "${namespace}" logs -l app=catalog-operator > catalog.log;
 		kubectl -n "${namespace}" logs -l app=packageserver > package.log
+
+		# make it obvious if a pod is crashing or has restarted
+		kubectl get po --all-namespaces
 	else
 		cleanup
 	fi
diff --git a/test/e2e/util_test.go b/test/e2e/util_test.go
index 0bfc8c5888..7b01ecf3fd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/util_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/util_test.go
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ const (
 	pollInterval = 1 * time.Second
 	pollDuration = 3 * time.Minute
 
-	ocsConfigMap     = "rh-operators"
-	olmConfigMap     = "olm-operators"
+	ocsConfigMap = "rh-operators"
+	olmConfigMap = "olm-operators"
+	// sync name with scripts/install_local.sh
 	packageServerCSV = "packageserver.v1.0.0"
 )