diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift
index 405db5f799..2b7afb9977 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Screens/RoomScreen/RoomScreenViewModel.swift
@@ -959,20 +959,21 @@ class RoomScreenViewModel: RoomScreenViewModelType, RoomScreenViewModelProtocol
         case .failure(let error):
             switch error {
             case .audioRecorderError(.recordPermissionNotGranted):
+                MXLog.info("permission to record audio has not been granted.")
                 state.bindings.confirmationAlertInfo = .init(id: .init(),
                                                              title: L10n.dialogPermissionMicrophoneTitleIos(InfoPlistReader.main.bundleDisplayName),
                                                              message: L10n.dialogPermissionMicrophoneDescriptionIos,
                                                              primaryButton: .init(title: L10n.commonSettings, action: { [weak self] in self?.openSystemSettings() }),
                                                              secondaryButton: .init(title: L10n.actionNotNow, role: .cancel, action: nil))
             default:
-                MXLog.error("failed to start voice message recording: \(error)")
+                MXLog.error("failed to start voice message recording. \(error)")
             }
         }
     }
     
     private func stopRecordingVoiceMessage() async {
         if case .failure(let error) = await voiceMessageRecorder.stopRecording() {
-            MXLog.error("failed to stop the recording", context: error)
+            MXLog.error("failed to stop the recording. \(error)")
             return
         }
 
@@ -1012,7 +1013,7 @@ class RoomScreenViewModel: RoomScreenViewModelType, RoomScreenViewModelProtocol
         case .success:
             await deleteCurrentVoiceMessage()
         case .failure(let error):
-            MXLog.error("failed to send the voice message", context: error)
+            MXLog.error("failed to send the voice message. \(error)")
             actionsSubject.send(.composer(action: .setMode(mode: .previewVoiceMessage(state: audioPlayerState, waveform: .url(recordingURL), isUploading: false))))
             displayError(.alert(L10n.errorFailedUploadingVoiceMessage))
         }
@@ -1020,7 +1021,7 @@ class RoomScreenViewModel: RoomScreenViewModelType, RoomScreenViewModelProtocol
     
     private func startPlayingRecordedVoiceMessage() async {
         if case .failure(let error) = await voiceMessageRecorder.startPlayback() {
-            MXLog.error("failed to play recorded voice message", context: error)
+            MXLog.error("failed to play recorded voice message. \(error)")
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorder.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorder.swift
index 90a851e679..8004928626 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorder.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorder.swift
@@ -144,14 +144,19 @@ class AudioRecorder: NSObject, AudioRecorderProtocol, AVAudioRecorderDelegate {
                 try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setCategory(.playAndRecord, mode: .default)
                 try AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(true)
                 let url = URL.temporaryDirectory.appendingPathComponent("voice-message-\(recordID.identifier).m4a")
-                audioRecorder = try AVAudioRecorder(url: url, settings: settings)
-                audioRecorder?.delegate = self
-                audioRecorder?.isMeteringEnabled = true
-                audioRecorder?.record()
-                completion(.success(()))
+                let audioRecorder = try AVAudioRecorder(url: url, settings: settings)
+                audioRecorder.delegate = self
+                audioRecorder.isMeteringEnabled = true
+                if audioRecorder.record() {
+                    self.audioRecorder = audioRecorder
+                    completion(.success(()))
+                } else {
+                    MXLog.error("audio recording failed to start")
+                    completion(.failure(.recordingFailed))
+                }
             } catch {
-                MXLog.error("audio recording failed: \(error)")
-                completion(.failure(.genericError))
+                MXLog.error("audio recording failed to start. \(error)")
+                completion(.failure(.internalError(error: error)))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -187,12 +192,14 @@ class AudioRecorder: NSObject, AudioRecorderProtocol, AVAudioRecorderDelegate {
         if success {
             actionsSubject.send(.didStopRecording)
         } else {
+            MXLog.error("audio recorder did finish recording with an error.")
             actionsSubject.send(.didFailWithError(error: AudioRecorderError.genericError))
         }
     }
     
     func audioRecorderEncodeErrorDidOccur(_ recorder: AVAudioRecorder, error: Error?) {
         try? AVAudioSession.sharedInstance().setActive(false)
+        MXLog.error("audio recorder encode error did occur. \(error?.localizedDescription ?? "")")
         actionsSubject.send(.didFailWithError(error: error ?? AudioRecorderError.genericError))
     }
     
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorderProtocol.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorderProtocol.swift
index 13c1714d6c..f41f8114fd 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorderProtocol.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/Audio/Recorder/AudioRecorderProtocol.swift
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ extension AudioRecordingIdentifier {
 
 enum AudioRecorderError: Error {
     case genericError
+    case internalError(error: Error)
     case recordPermissionNotGranted
+    case recordingFailed
     case recordingCancelled
 }
 
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageCache.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageCache.swift
index 75fbbca4e3..ba47cda4e7 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageCache.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageCache.swift
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class VoiceMessageCache: VoiceMessageCacheProtocol {
         do {
             try cacheFile(source: fileURL, destination: url, move: move)
         } catch {
-            MXLog.error("Failed storing file in cache", context: error)
+            MXLog.error("Failed storing file in cache. \(error)")
             return .failure(.failedStoringFileInCache)
         }
         return .success(url)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class VoiceMessageCache: VoiceMessageCacheProtocol {
             do {
                 try FileManager.default.removeItem(at: temporaryFilesFolderURL)
             } catch {
-                MXLog.error("Failed clearing cached disk files", context: error)
+                MXLog.error("Failed clearing cached disk files. \(error)")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageRecorder.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageRecorder.swift
index 7731fe6b15..cbeecd0a5a 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageRecorder.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Services/VoiceMessage/VoiceMessageRecorder.swift
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class VoiceMessageRecorder: VoiceMessageRecorderProtocol {
             // linearly normalized to [0, 1] (1 -> -50 dB)
             waveformData = samples.map { UInt16(max(0, (1 - $0) * 1024)) }
         } catch {
-            MXLog.error("Waveform analysis failed: \(error)")
+            MXLog.error("Waveform analysis failed. \(error)")
         }
         return .success(waveformData)
     }
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class VoiceMessageRecorder: VoiceMessageRecorderProtocol {
         do {
             size = try UInt64(FileManager.default.sizeForItem(at: oggFile))
         } catch {
-            MXLog.error("Failed to get the recording file size", context: error)
+            MXLog.error("Failed to get the recording file size. \(error)")
             return .failure(.failedSendingVoiceMessage)
         }
         let audioInfo = AudioInfo(duration: recordingDuration, size: size, mimetype: "audio/ogg")
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class VoiceMessageRecorder: VoiceMessageRecorderProtocol {
         try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: oggFile)
         
         if case .failure(let error) = result {
-            MXLog.error("Failed to send the voice message.", context: error)
+            MXLog.error("Failed to send the voice message. \(error)")
             return .failure(.failedSendingVoiceMessage)
         }