diff --git a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
index f36af17..17398c1 100644
--- a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
+++ b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/protocol.nim
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ proc handleMessage(d: Protocol, srcId: NodeId, fromAddr: Address,
     let node = d.routingTable.getNode(srcId)
     if node.isSome:
       d.routingTable.removeNode(node.get)
+      trace "Node removed from routing table after handling message", srcId
 
 proc registerTalkProtocol*(d: Protocol, protocolId: seq[byte],
     protocol: TalkProtocol): DiscResult[void] =
diff --git a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/transport.nim b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/transport.nim
index d572e3b..0105ae0 100644
--- a/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/transport.nim
+++ b/codexdht/private/eth/p2p/discoveryv5/transport.nim
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ proc receive*(t: Transport, a: Address, packet: openArray[byte]) =
 
           if packet.message.clientMode:
             t.client.routingTable.removeNode(node)
+            trace "Removed node from the routing table after handshake", node, tablesize=t.client.nodesDiscovered()
           else:
             if t.client.addNode(node):
               trace "Added new node to routing table after handshake", node, tablesize=t.client.nodesDiscovered()