diff --git a/docs/cluster-setup.rst b/docs/cluster-setup.rst
index 300be95e..0dfb2987 100644
--- a/docs/cluster-setup.rst
+++ b/docs/cluster-setup.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ A fully functional docker image can be found at https://github.com/Grokzen/docke
 
 See repo `README` for detailed instructions how to setup and run.
 
-
+A docker_compose.yml file is included in the test suite, which can be used to run a redis cluster configured appropriately to run the tests against.
 
 Vagrant
 -------
diff --git a/rediscluster/client.py b/rediscluster/client.py
index 844cb4c9..34229178 100644
--- a/rediscluster/client.py
+++ b/rediscluster/client.py
@@ -589,6 +589,14 @@ def _execute_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ttl = int(self.RedisClusterRequestTTL)
         connection_error_retry_counter = 0
 
+        def log_exception(message, exception):
+            if ttl == 0:
+                # This is the last attempt before we run out of TTL, so log the full exception.
+                log.exception(message)
+            else:
+                # We are going to retry, and therefore may yet succeed, so just log a warning.
+                log.warning(message + str(exception))
+
         while ttl > 0:
             ttl -= 1
             connection = None
@@ -630,7 +638,7 @@ def _execute_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 connection.send_command(*args)
                 return self.parse_response(connection, command, **kwargs)
             except SlotNotCoveredError as e:
-                log.exception("SlotNotCoveredError")
+                log_exception("SlotNotCoveredError", e)
 
                 # In some cases during failover to a replica is happening
                 # a slot sometimes is not covered by the cluster layout and
@@ -639,13 +647,13 @@ def _execute_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 time.sleep(0.1)
 
                 # This is the last attempt before we run out of TTL, raise the exception
-                if ttl == 1:
+                if ttl == 0:
                     raise e
             except (RedisClusterException, BusyLoadingError):
                 log.exception("RedisClusterException || BusyLoadingError")
                 raise
-            except ConnectionError:
-                log.exception("ConnectionError")
+            except ConnectionError as e:
+                log_exception("ConnectionError", e)
 
                 # ConnectionError can also be raised if we couldn't get a connection
                 # from the pool before timing out, so check that this is an actual
@@ -670,8 +678,8 @@ def _execute_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
                     self.connection_pool.nodes.increment_reinitialize_counter(
                         count=self.connection_pool.nodes.reinitialize_steps,
                     )
-            except TimeoutError:
-                log.exception("TimeoutError")
+            except TimeoutError as e:
+                log_exception("TimeoutError", e)
                 connection.disconnect()
 
                 if ttl < self.RedisClusterRequestTTL / 2:
@@ -692,20 +700,20 @@ def _execute_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 # This counter will increase faster when the same client object
                 # is shared between multiple threads. To reduce the frequency you
                 # can set the variable 'reinitialize_steps' in the constructor.
-                log.exception("MovedError")
+                log_exception("MovedError", e)
 
                 self.refresh_table_asap = True
                 self.connection_pool.nodes.increment_reinitialize_counter()
 
                 node = self.connection_pool.nodes.set_node(e.host, e.port, server_type='master')
                 self.connection_pool.nodes.slots[e.slot_id][0] = node
-            except TryAgainError:
-                log.exception("TryAgainError")
+            except TryAgainError as e:
+                log_exception("TryAgainError", e)
 
                 if ttl < self.RedisClusterRequestTTL / 2:
                     time.sleep(0.05)
             except AskError as e:
-                log.exception("AskError")
+                log_exception("AskError", e)
 
                 redirect_addr, asking = "{0}:{1}".format(e.host, e.port), True
             except BaseException as e:
diff --git a/rediscluster/nodemanager.py b/rediscluster/nodemanager.py
index 9fe2b13a..c7231d94 100644
--- a/rediscluster/nodemanager.py
+++ b/rediscluster/nodemanager.py
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ def initialize(self):
         # Set the tmp variables to the real variables
         self.slots = tmp_slots
         self.nodes = nodes_cache
+        self.populate_startup_nodes()
         self.reinitialize_counter = 0
 
         log.debug("NodeManager initialize done : Nodes")
@@ -413,7 +414,8 @@ def set_node(self, host, port, server_type=None):
 
     def populate_startup_nodes(self):
         """
-        Do something with all startup nodes and filters out any duplicates
+        Use nodes to populate startup_nodes, so that we have more chances
+        if a subset of the cluster fails.
         """
         for item in self.startup_nodes:
             self.set_node_name(item)
diff --git a/tests/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..919edc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+version: "3.7"
+
+services:
+
+  redis:
+    image: grokzen/redis-cluster:latest
+    environment:
+      REDIS_PORT: 7000
+      BIND_ADDRESS: 0.0.0.0
+    ports:
+      - "7000:7000"
+      - "7001:7001"
+      - "7002:7002"
+      - "7003:7003"
+      - "7004:7004"
+      - "7005:7005"
+      - "7006:7006"
+      - "7007:7007"
+    # Catch signals (in particular, termination)
+    init: true
diff --git a/tests/test_cluster_node_manager.py b/tests/test_cluster_node_manager.py
index 3b25392f..5885ee5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_cluster_node_manager.py
+++ b/tests/test_cluster_node_manager.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def test_empty_startup_nodes():
 
 def test_wrong_startup_nodes_type():
     """
-    If something other then a list type itteratable is provided it should fail
+    If something other then a list type iterable is provided it should fail
     """
     with pytest.raises(RedisClusterException):
         NodeManager({})
@@ -263,9 +263,19 @@ def test_all_nodes():
         assert node in nodes
 
 
+def test_startup_nodes_are_populated():
+    """
+    Set a list of nodes and it should be possible to iterate over all
+    """
+    n = NodeManager(startup_nodes=[{"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 7000}])
+    n.initialize()
+
+    assert sorted([node['port'] for node in n.startup_nodes]) == [7000, 7000, 7001, 7002, 7003, 7004, 7005]
+
+
 def test_all_nodes_masters():
     """
-    Set a list of nodes with random masters/slaves config and it shold be possible
+    Set a list of nodes with random masters/slaves config and it should be possible
     to iterate over all of them.
     """
     n = NodeManager(
diff --git a/tests/test_multiprocessing_cluster.py b/tests/test_multiprocessing_cluster.py
index 3354a3b6..b72f7951 100644
--- a/tests/test_multiprocessing_cluster.py
+++ b/tests/test_multiprocessing_cluster.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def target(pool):
 
         # Check that connection is still alive after fork process has exited
         # and disconnected the connections in its pool
-        conn = pool.get_random_connection()
         with exit_callback(pool.release, conn):
             assert conn.send_command('ping') is None
             assert conn.read_response() == b'PONG'