diff --git a/src/trace/trace.module.ts b/src/trace/trace.module.ts
index 83cbbcc..3d06435 100644
--- a/src/trace/trace.module.ts
+++ b/src/trace/trace.module.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { StatusCodes } from 'http-status-codes';
 
 import { withResultsResponse, withResultResponse, Tags } from '../utils/swagger.js';
 import { ExportTraceServiceRequest__Output } from '../types/generated/opentelemetry/proto/collector/trace/v1/ExportTraceServiceRequest.js';
+import { getModuleLogger } from '../utils/logger-factories.js';
 
 import {
   traceSchema,
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ import {
 } from './trace.dto.js';
 import { createTrace, getTrace, getTraces, traceProtobufBufferParser } from './trace.service.js';
 
+const logger = getModuleLogger('trace');
+
 const module: FastifyPluginAsyncJsonSchemaToTs = async (app) => {
   // Custom parser for "application/x-protobuf"
   app.addContentTypeParser(
@@ -89,6 +92,17 @@ const module: FastifyPluginAsyncJsonSchemaToTs = async (app) => {
       }
     },
     async ({ body }, res) => {
+      logger.debug(
+        body.resourceSpans.flatMap((resourceSpan) =>
+          resourceSpan.scopeSpans.flatMap((scopeSpan) => {
+            return {
+              scopeName: scopeSpan.scope?.name,
+              spanNames: scopeSpan.spans.map((span) => span.name)
+            };
+          })
+        ),
+        'incoming trace data'
+      );
       await createTrace(body);
 
       res.code(StatusCodes.CREATED);
diff --git a/src/trace/trace.service.ts b/src/trace/trace.service.ts
index 8ef724d..345574d 100644
--- a/src/trace/trace.service.ts
+++ b/src/trace/trace.service.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ export function traceProtobufBufferParser(
       )
     );
   }
+  logger.debug({ base64: payload.toString().slice(0, 100) }, 'trace buffer base64 data');
   if (!Buffer.isBuffer(payload)) {
     return done(
       new ErrorWithProps(
diff --git a/src/utils/error.ts b/src/utils/error.ts
index 59a7eaa..a074b42 100644
--- a/src/utils/error.ts
+++ b/src/utils/error.ts
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ export const errorPlugin: FastifyPluginAsync = fp.default(async (app) => {
         message: error.message
       });
     } else {
-      this.log.error(error);
       reply.status(StatusCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).send({
         code: ErrorWithPropsCodes.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
         message: 'An unspecified error occurred'
       });
     }
+    this.log.error(error);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/src/utils/logger-factories.ts b/src/utils/logger-factories.ts
index 3f5b12d..f366b99 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger-factories.ts
+++ b/src/utils/logger-factories.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { getLogger } from './logger.js';
 import { QueueName } from './queue.js';
 
 export const getServiceLogger = (service: string) => getLogger().child({ service });
+export const getModuleLogger = (module: string) => getLogger().child({ module });
 
 export const getQueueLogger = ({ service, queue }: { service: string; queue: QueueName }) =>
   getServiceLogger(service).child({ queue });