--- a/src/phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php
+++ b/src/phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
         if(empty($PHPCOVERAGE_HOME)) {
             $env_var = getenv("PHPCOVERAGE_HOME");
             if(empty($env_var)) {
-                $share_home = getenv("LOCAL_CACHE");
-                $PHPCOVERAGE_HOME = $share_home . "/common/spikephpcoverage/src/";
+                $msg = "Could not find PHPCOVERAGE_HOME. Please either export it in your environment before starting the web server. Or include PHPCOVERAGE_HOME=<path> in your HTTP request.";
+                error_log("[phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php] FATAL: " . $msg);
+                die($msg);
             }
             else {
                 $PHPCOVERAGE_HOME = $env_var;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
         if(file_exists($tmpFile)) {
             $object = file_get_contents($tmpFile);
             $cov = unserialize($object);
-            $logger->info("[phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php] Coverage object found: " . $cov,
+            $logger->info("[phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php] Coverage object found." ,
                 __FILE__, __LINE__);
         }
         else {
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@
             $cov = new RemoteCoverageRecorder(array(), array(), $covReporter);
             $object = serialize($cov);
             file_put_contents($tmpFile, $object);
-            $logger->info("[phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php] Stored coverage object: " . $cov,
+            $logger->info("[phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php] Stored coverage object found",
                 __FILE__, __LINE__);
         }