diff --git a/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go b/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go
index 426f229c..de6cd901 100644
--- a/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go
+++ b/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ func (s *Service) SendGroupMessages(ctx context.Context, req *mlsv1.SendGroupMes
 			Timestamp:    msg.CreatedAt.UnixNano(),
 			Payload:      msgB,
 		})
+
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ func (s *Service) QueryWelcomeMessages(ctx context.Context, req *mlsv1.QueryWelc
 
 func (s *Service) SubscribeGroupMessages(req *mlsv1.SubscribeGroupMessagesRequest, stream mlsv1.MlsApi_SubscribeGroupMessagesServer) error {
 	log := s.log.Named("subscribe-group-messages").With(zap.Int("filters", len(req.Filters)))
-
+	log.Info("subscription started")
 	// Send a header (any header) to fix an issue with Tonic based GRPC clients.
 	// See: https://github.com/xmtp/libxmtp/pull/58
 	_ = stream.SendHeader(metadata.Pairs("subscribed", "true"))
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ func (s *Service) SubscribeGroupMessages(req *mlsv1.SubscribeGroupMessagesReques
 	for _, filter := range req.Filters {
 		natsSubject := buildNatsSubjectForGroupMessages(filter.GroupId)
 		sub, err := s.nc.Subscribe(natsSubject, func(natsMsg *nats.Msg) {
+			log.Info("received message from nats")
 			var msg mlsv1.GroupMessage
 			err := pb.Unmarshal(natsMsg.Data, &msg)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -383,7 +385,7 @@ func (s *Service) SubscribeGroupMessages(req *mlsv1.SubscribeGroupMessagesReques
 
 func (s *Service) SubscribeWelcomeMessages(req *mlsv1.SubscribeWelcomeMessagesRequest, stream mlsv1.MlsApi_SubscribeWelcomeMessagesServer) error {
 	log := s.log.Named("subscribe-welcome-messages").With(zap.Int("filters", len(req.Filters)))
-
+	log.Info("subscription started")
 	// Send a header (any header) to fix an issue with Tonic based GRPC clients.
 	// See: https://github.com/xmtp/libxmtp/pull/58
 	_ = stream.SendHeader(metadata.Pairs("subscribed", "true"))
@@ -392,6 +394,7 @@ func (s *Service) SubscribeWelcomeMessages(req *mlsv1.SubscribeWelcomeMessagesRe
 	for _, filter := range req.Filters {
 		natsSubject := buildNatsSubjectForWelcomeMessages(filter.InstallationKey)
 		sub, err := s.nc.Subscribe(natsSubject, func(natsMsg *nats.Msg) {
+			log.Info("received message from nats")
 			var msg mlsv1.WelcomeMessage
 			err := pb.Unmarshal(natsMsg.Data, &msg)
 			if err != nil {