diff --git a/container/factory.go b/container/factory.go
index e49bca33..520da9e9 100644
--- a/container/factory.go
+++ b/container/factory.go
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ func NewContainerHandler(name string) (ContainerHandler, error) {
 			glog.V(1).Infof("Error trying to work out if we can hande %s: %v", name, err)
 		}
 		if canHandle {
-			glog.V(1).Infof("Using factory %q for container %q", factory.String(), name)
+			glog.V(1).Infof("Using factory %q for container %q", factory, name)
 			return factory.NewContainerHandler(name)
+		} else {
+			glog.V(1).Infof("Factory %q was unable to handle container %q", factory, name)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/container/libcontainer/helpers.go b/container/libcontainer/helpers.go
index 2d28e6f1..77ed030b 100644
--- a/container/libcontainer/helpers.go
+++ b/container/libcontainer/helpers.go
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ func GetStats(cgroup *cgroups.Cgroup, state *libcontainer.State) (*info.Containe
 	}
 
 	stats.NetworkStats, err = network.GetStats(&state.NetworkState)
+	if err != nil {
+		return &info.ContainerStats{}, err
+	}
+
 	return toContainerStats(stats), nil
 }