diff --git a/lib/event_source/operations/mime_encode.rb b/lib/event_source/operations/mime_encode.rb
index f1a4e1c..7e28290 100644
--- a/lib/event_source/operations/mime_encode.rb
+++ b/lib/event_source/operations/mime_encode.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ module Operations
       # A class for handling payload compression.
     class MimeEncode
       include Dry::Monads[:result, :do]
-      
+      include EventSource::Logging
+
       MIME_TYPES = %w[application/zlib application/json].freeze
 
       # Compresses the payload into a compressed string using Zlib.
@@ -42,11 +43,21 @@ def validate_payload(payload, mime_type)
 
       def encode(json_payload, mime_type)
         encoded_data = Zlib.deflate(json_payload) if mime_type.to_s == 'application/zlib'
-          
+
+        logger.debug "*" * 80
+        logger.debug "Starting payload encoding for MIME type: '#{mime_type}'"
+        logger.debug "Original payload size: #{data_size_in_kb(json_payload)} KB"
+        logger.debug "Encoded payload size: #{data_size_in_kb(encoded_data)} KB" if encoded_data
+        logger.debug "*" * 80
+
         Success(encoded_data || json_payload)
       rescue Zlib::Error => e
         Failure("Failed to compress payload using Zlib: #{e.message}")
       end
+
+      def data_size_in_kb(data)
+        (data.bytesize / 1024.0).round(2)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/event_source/publish_operation.rb b/lib/event_source/publish_operation.rb
index b841272..7eb6735 100644
--- a/lib/event_source/publish_operation.rb
+++ b/lib/event_source/publish_operation.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 module EventSource
   # Publish {EventSource::Event} messages
   class PublishOperation
+    include EventSource::Logging
+
     # @attr_reader [EventSource::Channel] channel the channel instance used by
     #   this PublishOperation
     # @attr_reader [Object] subject instance of the protocol's publish class
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def compress_payload_if_required(payload)
 
       message_bindings = @async_api_publish_operation.message['bindings']
       encoding = message_bindings.first[1]['contentEncoding'] if message_bindings
-      return payload if encoding.nil?
+      return payload unless encoding
 
       output = EventSource::Operations::MimeEncode.new.call(encoding, payload)
       if output.success?