diff --git a/cmd/vidforward/main.go b/cmd/vidforward/main.go
index b01adf4c..cd49d0b6 100644
--- a/cmd/vidforward/main.go
+++ b/cmd/vidforward/main.go
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ func (m *broadcastManager) recv(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	done := m.dogNotifier.handlerInvoked("recv")
 	defer done()
 
-	m.log.Debug("recv handler")
 	q := r.URL.Query()
 	ma := MAC(q.Get("ma"))
 
@@ -304,16 +303,15 @@ func (m *broadcastManager) createOrUpdate(broadcast Broadcast) error {
 	}
 
 	switch broadcast.status {
-	case statusCreate:
-		fallthrough
-	case statusActive, statusPlay:
+	case statusActive, statusPlay, statusCreate:
+		m.log.Info("updating configuration for mac","mac",broadcast.mac)
 		signal, ok := m.slateExitSignals[broadcast.mac]
 		if ok {
 			close(signal)
 			delete(m.slateExitSignals, broadcast.mac)
 		}
 	case statusSlate:
-		m.log.Debug("slate request")
+		m.log.Info("slate request")
 		// If there's a signal channel it means that we're already writing the slate
 		// image and theres nothing to do, so return.
 		_, ok := m.slateExitSignals[broadcast.mac]
@@ -382,5 +380,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	go m.dogNotifier.notify()
 
+	log.Info("listening", "host", *host, "port", *port)
 	http.ListenAndServe(*host+":"+*port, nil)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/vidforward/notifier.go b/cmd/vidforward/notifier.go
index 0eed5532..cb1415a8 100644
--- a/cmd/vidforward/notifier.go
+++ b/cmd/vidforward/notifier.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ LICENSE
 package main
 
 import (
-	"log"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"sync"
@@ -132,6 +131,7 @@ func (n *watchdogNotifier) notify() {
 
 		// If this fails for any reason it indicates a systemd service configuration
 		// issue, and therefore programmer error, so do fatal log to cause crash.
+		n.log.Debug("notifying watchdog")
 		supported, err := daemon.SdNotify(false, daemon.SdNotifyWatchdog)
 		if err != nil {
 			n.log.Fatal("error from systemd watchdog notify", "error", err)
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ func (n *watchdogNotifier) handlersUnhealthy() bool {
 func (n *watchdogNotifier) handlerInvoked(name string) func() {
 	n.mu.Lock()
 	defer n.mu.Unlock()
+	n.log.Info("handler invoked", "name", name)
 
 	id := n.curId
 	n.curId++
@@ -175,9 +176,10 @@ func (n *watchdogNotifier) handlerInvoked(name string) func() {
 	return func() {
 		n.mu.Lock()
 		defer n.mu.Unlock()
+		n.log.Info("handler done", "name", name)
 
 		if _, ok := n.activeHandlers[id]; !ok {
-			log.Fatal("handler id not in map", "name", name)
+			n.log.Fatal("handler id not in map", "name", name)
 		}
 
 		delete(n.activeHandlers, id)