diff --git a/pkg/api/interceptor.go b/pkg/api/interceptor.go
index 81d7c2d3..3c30d59f 100644
--- a/pkg/api/interceptor.go
+++ b/pkg/api/interceptor.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func (wa *WalletAuthorizer) applyLimits(ctx context.Context, fullMethod string,
 	// * for other authorization failure return status.Errorf(codes.PermissionDenied, ...)
 	_, method := splitMethodName(fullMethod)
 
-	ip := clientIPFromContext(ctx)
+	ip := ClientIPFromContext(ctx)
 	if len(ip) == 0 {
 		// requests without an IP address are bucketed together as "ip_unknown"
 		ip = "ip_unknown"
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func allowedToPublish(topic string, wallet types.WalletAddr) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func clientIPFromContext(ctx context.Context) string {
+func ClientIPFromContext(ctx context.Context) string {
 	md, _ := metadata.FromIncomingContext(ctx)
 	vals := md.Get("x-forwarded-for")
 	if len(vals) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/api/message/v1/service.go b/pkg/api/message/v1/service.go
index 509737e7..b52e951c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/message/v1/service.go
+++ b/pkg/api/message/v1/service.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	wakupb "github.com/status-im/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/pb"
 	wakurelay "github.com/status-im/go-waku/waku/v2/protocol/relay"
 	proto "github.com/xmtp/proto/v3/go/message_api/v1"
+	api "github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/api"
 	apicontext "github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/api/message/v1/context"
 	"github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/metrics"
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func (s *Service) Close() {
 func (s *Service) Publish(ctx context.Context, req *proto.PublishRequest) (*proto.PublishResponse, error) {
 	for _, env := range req.Envelopes {
 		log := s.log.Named("publish").With(zap.String("content_topic", env.ContentTopic))
-		log.Debug("received message")
+		log.Info("received message", zap.String("client_ip", api.ClientIPFromContext(ctx)))
 
 		if len(env.ContentTopic) > MaxContentTopicNameSize {
 			return nil, status.Errorf(codes.InvalidArgument, "topic length too big")