diff --git a/server/events/command_runner.go b/server/events/command_runner.go
index a56ecf67c2..bf8d6e1d32 100644
--- a/server/events/command_runner.go
+++ b/server/events/command_runner.go
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ func (c *DefaultCommandRunner) checkUserPermissions(repo models.Repo, user model
 	}
 	ok := c.TeamAllowlistChecker.IsCommandAllowedForAnyTeam(ctx, user.Teams, cmdName)
 	if !ok {
+		ctx.Log.Info("User '%s' in team '%s' does not have permissions to execute the '%s' command", user.Username, user.Teams, cmdName)
 		return false, nil
 	}
 	return true, nil
diff --git a/server/events/external_team_allowlist_checker.go b/server/events/external_team_allowlist_checker.go
index 9f3fe419ef..491d3a6bc3 100644
--- a/server/events/external_team_allowlist_checker.go
+++ b/server/events/external_team_allowlist_checker.go
@@ -23,20 +23,32 @@ func (checker *ExternalTeamAllowlistChecker) IsCommandAllowedForTeam(ctx models.
 	cmd := checker.buildCommandString(ctx, []string{team}, command)
 	out, err := checker.ExternalTeamAllowlistRunner.Run(ctx, "sh", "-c", cmd)
 	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Log.Err("Command '%s' error '%s'", cmd, err)
 		return false
 	}
 
-	return checker.checkOutputResults(out)
+	outputResults := checker.checkOutputResults(out)
+	if !outputResults {
+		ctx.Log.Info("command '%s' returns '%s'", cmd, out)
+	}
+
+	return outputResults
 }
 
 func (checker *ExternalTeamAllowlistChecker) IsCommandAllowedForAnyTeam(ctx models.TeamAllowlistCheckerContext, teams []string, command string) bool {
 	cmd := checker.buildCommandString(ctx, teams, command)
 	out, err := checker.ExternalTeamAllowlistRunner.Run(ctx, "sh", "-c", cmd)
 	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Log.Err("Command '%s' error '%s'", cmd, err)
 		return false
 	}
 
-	return checker.checkOutputResults(out)
+	outputResults := checker.checkOutputResults(out)
+	if !outputResults {
+		ctx.Log.Info("command '%s' returns '%s'", cmd, out)
+	}
+
+	return outputResults
 }
 
 func (checker *ExternalTeamAllowlistChecker) buildCommandString(ctx models.TeamAllowlistCheckerContext, teams []string, command string) string {