diff --git a/lib/modules/ipfs/index.js b/lib/modules/ipfs/index.js
index bbeeecf5..f28dd881 100644
--- a/lib/modules/ipfs/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/ipfs/index.js
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class IPFS {
     });
 
     self.events.request("services:register", 'IPFS', function (cb) {
-      self.logger.trace("Checking IPFS version...");
       let url = (self.protocol || 'http') + '://' + self.host + ':' + self.port + '/api/v0/version';
+      self.logger.trace(`Checking IPFS version on ${url}...`);
       if(self.protocol !== 'https'){
         utils.httpGetJson(url, versionCb);
       } else {
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ class IPFS {
           return cb({name: "IPFS ", status: 'off'});
         }
         if (body.Version) {
+          self.logger.trace("Swarm available");
           return cb({name: ("IPFS " + body.Version), status: 'on'});
         }
+        self.logger.trace("Swarm available");
         return cb({name: "IPFS ", status: 'on'});
       }
     });
diff --git a/lib/modules/swarm/index.js b/lib/modules/swarm/index.js
index 59b3b9d8..d5affec6 100644
--- a/lib/modules/swarm/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/swarm/index.js
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ class Swarm {
     });
 
     self.events.request("services:register", 'Swarm', function(cb){
-      self.logger.trace("Checking Swarm availability...");
+      self.logger.trace(`Checking Swarm availability on ${self.bzz.currentProvider}...`);
       self.bzz.isAvailable().then(result => {
+        self.logger.trace("Swarm " + (result ? '':'un') + "available");
         return cb({name: "Swarm ", status: result ? 'on':'off'});
       }).catch(err => {
         self.logger.trace("Check Swarm availability error: " + err);
diff --git a/lib/processes/storageProcesses/ipfs.js b/lib/processes/storageProcesses/ipfs.js
index 93350502..83fedc2a 100644
--- a/lib/processes/storageProcesses/ipfs.js
+++ b/lib/processes/storageProcesses/ipfs.js
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ class IPFSProcess extends ProcessWrapper {
         self.readyCalled = true;
 
         // update IPFS cors before spawning a daemon (muhaha)
-        console.log(`RUNNING IPFS CORS UPDATE COMMAND: ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin "[\\"${self.cors.join('\\", \\"')}\\"]"`);
-        child_process.exec(`ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin "[\\"${self.cors.join('\\", \\"')}\\"]"`, {silent: true}, (err, stdout, _stderr) => {
+        let ipfsCorsCmd = `ipfs config --json API.HTTPHeaders.Access-Control-Allow-Origin "[\\"${self.cors.join('\\", \\"')}\\"]"`;
+        console.trace(`Updating IPFS CORS using command: ${ipfsCorsCmd}`);
+        child_process.exec(ipfsCorsCmd, {silent: true}, (err, stdout, _stderr) => {
           if(err){
             err = err.toString();
             console.error('IPFS CORS update error: ', err);