diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
index d16e5ff7e94afe..1c02a9f92c32cc 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/ApplicationLifecycleManager.java
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@
 
 import io.quarkus.bootstrap.logging.InitialConfigurator;
 import io.quarkus.bootstrap.runner.RunnerClassLoader;
-import io.quarkus.runtime.configuration.ConfigurationException;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.graal.DiagnosticPrinter;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.util.ExceptionUtil;
-import io.quarkus.runtime.util.StringUtil;
-import io.smallrye.config.ConfigValidationException;
 import sun.misc.Signal;
 import sun.misc.SignalHandler;
 
@@ -188,11 +185,9 @@ public static void run(Application application, Class<? extends QuarkusApplicati
                         }
                         applicationLogger.warn("You can try to kill it with 'kill -9 <pid>'.");
                     }
-                } else if (rootCause instanceof ConfigurationException || rootCause instanceof ConfigValidationException) {
-                    System.err.println(rootCause.getMessage());
-                } else if (rootCause instanceof PreventFurtherStepsException
-                        && !StringUtil.isNullOrEmpty(rootCause.getMessage())) {
-                    System.err.println(rootCause.getMessage());
+                } else if (!currentApplication.isStarted()) {
+                    System.err.println("Failed to start application");
+                    e.printStackTrace();
                 } else {
                     applicationLogger.errorv(e, "Failed to start application");
                     ensureConsoleLogsDrained();