diff --git a/message-queue/src/client.rs b/message-queue/src/client.rs
index 43ee8ced1..4f2703400 100644
--- a/message-queue/src/client.rs
+++ b/message-queue/src/client.rs
@@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ impl MessageQueue {
   async fn send(socket: &mut TcpStream, msg: MessageQueueRequest) -> bool {
     let msg = borsh::to_vec(&msg).unwrap();
     let Ok(()) = socket.write_all(&u32::try_from(msg.len()).unwrap().to_le_bytes()).await else {
+      log::warn!("couldn't send the message len");
+      return false;
+    };
+    let Ok(()) = socket.write_all(&msg).await else {
+      log::warn!("couldn't write the message");
       return false;
     };
-    let Ok(()) = socket.write_all(&msg).await else { return false };
     true
   }
 
@@ -134,8 +138,12 @@ impl MessageQueue {
         if !Self::send(&mut socket, msg.clone()).await {
           continue 'outer;
         }
-        let Ok(status) = socket.read_u8().await else {
-          continue 'outer;
+        let status = match socket.read_u8().await {
+          Ok(status) => status,
+          Err(e) => {
+            log::warn!("couldn't read status u8: {e:?}");
+            continue 'outer;
+          }
         };
         // If there wasn't a message, check again in 1s
         // TODO: Use a notification system here
@@ -150,12 +158,17 @@ impl MessageQueue {
       // Timeout after 5 seconds in case there's an issue with the length handling
       let Ok(msg) = tokio::time::timeout(core::time::Duration::from_secs(5), async {
         // Read the message length
-        let Ok(len) = socket.read_u32_le().await else {
-          return vec![];
+        let len = match socket.read_u32_le().await {
+          Ok(len) => len,
+          Err(e) => {
+            log::warn!("couldn't read len: {e:?}");
+            return vec![];
+          }
         };
         let mut buf = vec![0; usize::try_from(len).unwrap()];
         // Read the message
         let Ok(_) = socket.read_exact(&mut buf).await else {
+          log::warn!("couldn't read the message");
           return vec![];
         };
         buf
diff --git a/processor/src/main.rs b/processor/src/main.rs
index f673169bb..8aa7ef196 100644
--- a/processor/src/main.rs
+++ b/processor/src/main.rs
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@ async fn run<N: Network, D: Db, Co: Coordinator>(mut raw_db: D, network: N, mut
   loop {
     let mut txn = raw_db.txn();
 
+    log::trace!("new db txn in run");
+
     let mut outer_msg = None;
 
     tokio::select! {