diff --git a/common/client-core/src/init/helpers.rs b/common/client-core/src/init/helpers.rs
index 2d77e588f2..38a0c3e841 100644
--- a/common/client-core/src/init/helpers.rs
+++ b/common/client-core/src/init/helpers.rs
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ pub(super) fn get_specified_gateway(
     gateways: &[gateway::Node],
     must_use_tls: bool,
 ) -> Result<gateway::Node, ClientCoreError> {
+    log::debug!("Requesting specified gateway: {}", gateway_identity);
     let user_gateway = identity::PublicKey::from_base58_string(gateway_identity)
         .map_err(ClientCoreError::UnableToCreatePublicKeyFromGatewayId)?;
 
diff --git a/common/client-core/src/init/mod.rs b/common/client-core/src/init/mod.rs
index 05e7b101ba..13129bf5f5 100644
--- a/common/client-core/src/init/mod.rs
+++ b/common/client-core/src/init/mod.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ where
     D::StorageError: Send + Sync + 'static,
     T: DeserializeOwned + Serialize + Send + Sync,
 {
-    log::trace!("Setting up gateway");
+    log::debug!("Setting up gateway");
     match setup {
         GatewaySetup::MustLoad => use_loaded_gateway_details(key_store, details_store).await,
         GatewaySetup::New {
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/client.rs b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/client.rs
index a95fee0bf7..f65e61c29f 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/client.rs
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/src/client.rs
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ pub struct InitOnly;
 impl GatewayClient<InitOnly, EphemeralCredentialStorage> {
     // for initialisation we do not need credential storage. Though it's still a bit weird we have to set the generic...
     pub fn new_init(config: GatewayConfig, local_identity: Arc<identity::KeyPair>) -> Self {
+        log::trace!("Initialising gateway client");
         use futures::channel::mpsc;
 
         // note: this packet_router is completely invalid in normal circumstances, but "works"