diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 32aac53c3..b0019c4d9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.89.15
+0.89.16
diff --git a/protocol/common/message_sender.go b/protocol/common/message_sender.go
index 1268eba6b..2c34c7757 100644
--- a/protocol/common/message_sender.go
+++ b/protocol/common/message_sender.go
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ func (s *MessageSender) sendCommunity(
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to send a message spec")
 	}
 
+	s.logger.Debug("sent community message ", zap.String("messageID", messageID.String()), zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(hash)))
+
 	s.transport.Track(messageIDs, hash, newMessage)
 
 	return messageID, nil
@@ -297,6 +299,8 @@ func (s *MessageSender) sendPrivate(
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to send a message spec")
 		}
 
+		s.logger.Debug("sent private message skipEncryption", zap.String("messageID", messageID.String()), zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(hash)))
+
 		s.transport.Track(messageIDs, hash, newMessage)
 
 	} else {
@@ -322,6 +326,8 @@ func (s *MessageSender) sendPrivate(
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to send a message spec")
 		}
 
+		s.logger.Debug("sent private message without datasync", zap.String("messageID", messageID.String()), zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(hash)))
+
 		s.transport.Track(messageIDs, hash, newMessage)
 	}
 
@@ -459,6 +465,8 @@ func (s *MessageSender) SendPublic(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	s.logger.Debug("sent public message", zap.String("messageID", messageID.String()), zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(hash)))
+
 	sentMessage := &SentMessage{
 		Spec:       messageSpec,
 		MessageIDs: [][]byte{messageID},
@@ -640,8 +648,11 @@ func (s *MessageSender) addToDataSync(publicKey *ecdsa.PublicKey, message []byte
 func (s *MessageSender) sendDataSync(ctx context.Context, publicKey *ecdsa.PublicKey, marshalledDatasyncPayload []byte, payload *datasyncproto.Payload) error {
 	// Calculate the messageIDs
 	messageIDs := make([][]byte, 0, len(payload.Messages))
+	hexMessageIDs := make([]string, 0, len(payload.Messages))
 	for _, payload := range payload.Messages {
-		messageIDs = append(messageIDs, v1protocol.MessageID(&s.identity.PublicKey, payload.Body))
+		mid := v1protocol.MessageID(&s.identity.PublicKey, payload.Body)
+		messageIDs = append(messageIDs, mid)
+		hexMessageIDs = append(hexMessageIDs, mid.String())
 	}
 
 	messageSpec, err := s.protocol.BuildDirectMessage(s.identity, publicKey, marshalledDatasyncPayload)
@@ -665,6 +676,8 @@ func (s *MessageSender) sendDataSync(ctx context.Context, publicKey *ecdsa.Publi
 		return err
 	}
 
+	s.logger.Debug("sent private messages", zap.Any("messageIDs", hexMessageIDs), zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(hash)))
+
 	s.transport.Track(messageIDs, hash, newMessage)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/protocol/encryption/protocol.go b/protocol/encryption/protocol.go
index 95812795c..093fc9509 100644
--- a/protocol/encryption/protocol.go
+++ b/protocol/encryption/protocol.go
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) GetPublicBundle(theirIdentityKey *ecdsa.PublicKey) (*Bundle,
 // ConfirmMessageProcessed confirms and deletes message keys for the given messages
 func (p *Protocol) ConfirmMessageProcessed(messageID []byte) error {
 	logger := p.logger.With(zap.String("site", "ConfirmMessageProcessed"))
-	logger.Debug("confirming message", zap.Binary("message-id", messageID))
+	logger.Debug("confirming message", zap.String("messageID", types.EncodeHex(messageID)))
 	return p.encryptor.ConfirmMessageProcessed(messageID)
 }
 
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) HandleMessage(
 		zap.String("sender-public-key",
 			types.EncodeHex(crypto.FromECDSAPub(theirPublicKey))),
 		zap.String("my-installation-id", p.encryptor.config.InstallationID),
-		zap.String("message-id", types.EncodeHex(messageID)))
+		zap.String("messageID", types.EncodeHex(messageID)))
 
 	if p.encryptor == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("encryption service not initialized")
diff --git a/protocol/messenger.go b/protocol/messenger.go
index 8b6ec554a..146547874 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger.go
@@ -2237,6 +2237,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) sendChatMessage(ctx context.Context, message *common.Message
 	response.SetMessages(msg)
 
 	response.AddChat(chat)
+	m.logger.Debug("sent message", zap.String("id", message.ID))
 	return &response, m.saveChat(chat)
 }
 
@@ -2677,6 +2678,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleRetrievedMessages(chatWithMessages map[transport.Filte
 	for _, messages := range chatWithMessages {
 		var processedMessages []string
 		for _, shhMessage := range messages {
+			logger := logger.With(zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(shhMessage.Hash)))
 			// Indicates tha all messages in the batch have been processed correctly
 			allMessagesProcessed := true
 			statusMessages, acks, err := m.sender.HandleMessages(shhMessage, true)
@@ -2689,6 +2691,8 @@ func (m *Messenger) handleRetrievedMessages(chatWithMessages map[transport.Filte
 			logger.Debug("processing messages further", zap.Int("count", len(statusMessages)))
 
 			for _, msg := range statusMessages {
+				logger := logger.With(zap.String("message-id", msg.ID.String()))
+				logger.Debug("processing message")
 				publicKey := msg.SigPubKey()
 
 				m.handleInstallations(msg.Installations)
diff --git a/protocol/messenger_mailserver.go b/protocol/messenger_mailserver.go
index 8c32020ce..2144904f2 100644
--- a/protocol/messenger_mailserver.go
+++ b/protocol/messenger_mailserver.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) syncFilters(filters []*transport.Filter) (*MessengerResponse
 		syncedTopics = append(syncedTopics, topicData)
 	}
 
-	m.logger.Info("syncing topics", zap.Any("batches", batches))
+	m.logger.Debug("syncing topics")
 
 	if m.config.messengerSignalsHandler != nil {
 		m.config.messengerSignalsHandler.HistoryRequestStarted()
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) syncFilters(filters []*transport.Filter) (*MessengerResponse
 	for _, batch := range batches {
 		err := m.processMailserverBatch(batch)
 		if err != nil {
-			m.logger.Info("error syncing topics", zap.Any("error", err))
+			m.logger.Error("error syncing topics", zap.Error(err))
 			if m.config.messengerSignalsHandler != nil {
 				m.config.messengerSignalsHandler.HistoryRequestFailed(err)
 			}
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) syncFilters(filters []*transport.Filter) (*MessengerResponse
 		}
 	}
 
-	m.logger.Info("topics synced")
+	m.logger.Debug("topics synced")
 	if m.config.messengerSignalsHandler != nil {
 		m.config.messengerSignalsHandler.HistoryRequestCompleted()
 	}
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ func (m *Messenger) calculateGapForChat(chat *Chat, from uint32) (*common.Messag
 }
 
 func (m *Messenger) processMailserverBatch(batch MailserverBatch) error {
-	m.logger.Info("syncing topic", zap.Any("topic", batch.Topics), zap.Int64("from", int64(batch.From)), zap.Int64("to", int64(batch.To)))
+	var topicStrings []string
+	for _, t := range batch.Topics {
+		topicStrings = append(topicStrings, t.String())
+	}
+	logger := m.logger.With(zap.Any("chatIDs", batch.ChatIDs), zap.String("fromString", time.Unix(int64(batch.From), 0).Format(time.RFC3339)), zap.String("toString", time.Unix(int64(batch.To), 0).Format(time.RFC3339)), zap.Any("topic", topicStrings), zap.Int64("from", int64(batch.From)), zap.Int64("to", int64(batch.To)))
+	logger.Info("syncing topic")
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), mailserverRequestTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -373,7 +378,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) processMailserverBatch(batch MailserverBatch) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for len(cursor) != 0 || storeCursor != nil {
-		m.logger.Info("retrieved cursor", zap.Any("cursor", cursor))
+		logger.Info("retrieved cursor", zap.String("cursor", types.EncodeHex(cursor)))
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), mailserverRequestTimeout)
 		defer cancel()
 
@@ -382,7 +387,7 @@ func (m *Messenger) processMailserverBatch(batch MailserverBatch) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	m.logger.Info("synced topic", zap.Any("topic", batch.Topics), zap.Int64("from", int64(batch.From)), zap.Int64("to", int64(batch.To)))
+	logger.Info("synced topic")
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -439,6 +444,8 @@ func (m *Messenger) SyncChatFromSyncedFrom(chatID string) (uint32, error) {
 		chat.SyncedFrom = batch.From
 	}
 
+	m.logger.Debug("setting sync timestamps", zap.Int64("from", int64(batch.From)), zap.Int64("to", int64(chat.SyncedTo)), zap.String("chatID", chatID))
+
 	err = m.persistence.SetSyncTimestamps(batch.From, chat.SyncedTo, chat.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
diff --git a/protocol/pushnotificationclient/client.go b/protocol/pushnotificationclient/client.go
index 1845ad006..293513e69 100644
--- a/protocol/pushnotificationclient/client.go
+++ b/protocol/pushnotificationclient/client.go
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func (c *Client) HandleContactCodeAdvertisement(clientPublicKey *ecdsa.PublicKey
 // HandlePushNotificationResponse should set the request as processed
 func (c *Client) HandlePushNotificationResponse(serverKey *ecdsa.PublicKey, response protobuf.PushNotificationResponse) error {
 	messageID := response.MessageId
-	c.config.Logger.Debug("received response for", zap.Binary("message-id", messageID))
+	c.config.Logger.Debug("received response for", zap.String("messageID", types.EncodeHex(messageID)))
 	for _, report := range response.Reports {
 		c.config.Logger.Debug("received response", zap.Any("report", report))
 		err := c.persistence.UpdateNotificationResponse(messageID, report)
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ func (c *Client) handleDirectMessageSent(sentMessage *common.SentMessage) error
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	c.config.Logger.Debug("actionable messages", zap.Any("message-ids", trackedMessageIDs), zap.Any("installation-ids", installationIDs))
+	c.config.Logger.Debug("actionable messages", zap.Any("messageIDs", trackedMessageIDs), zap.Any("installation-ids", installationIDs))
 
 	// Get message to check chatID. Again we use the first message for simplicity, but we should send one for each chatID. Messages though are very rarely batched.
 	message, err := c.getMessage(types.EncodeHex(trackedMessageIDs[0]))
diff --git a/protocol/transport/transport.go b/protocol/transport/transport.go
index 86de35e9a..74bb09495 100644
--- a/protocol/transport/transport.go
+++ b/protocol/transport/transport.go
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ func (t *Transport) GetStats() types.StatsSummary {
 
 func (t *Transport) RetrieveRawAll() (map[Filter][]*types.Message, error) {
 	result := make(map[Filter][]*types.Message)
+	logger := t.logger.With(zap.String("site", "retrieveRawAll"))
 
 	allFilters := t.filters.Filters()
 	for _, filter := range allFilters {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func (t *Transport) RetrieveRawAll() (map[Filter][]*types.Message, error) {
 		}
 		msgs, err := t.api.GetFilterMessages(filter.FilterID)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.logger.Warn("failed to fetch messages", zap.Error(err))
+			logger.Warn("failed to fetch messages", zap.Error(err))
 			continue
 		}
 		if len(msgs) == 0 {
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ func (t *Transport) RetrieveRawAll() (map[Filter][]*types.Message, error) {
 
 		hits, err := t.cache.Hits(ids)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.logger.Error("failed to check messages exists", zap.Error(err))
+			logger.Error("failed to check messages exists", zap.Error(err))
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ func (t *Transport) RetrieveRawAll() (map[Filter][]*types.Message, error) {
 			// Exclude anything that is a cache hit
 			if !hits[types.EncodeHex(msgs[i].Hash)] {
 				result[*filter] = append(result[*filter], msgs[i])
+				logger.Debug("message not cached", zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(msgs[i].Hash)))
+			} else {
+				logger.Debug("message cached", zap.String("hash", types.EncodeHex(msgs[i].Hash)))
+
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/waku/api.go b/waku/api.go
index 3f8226051..c6be44c70 100644
--- a/waku/api.go
+++ b/waku/api.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"github.com/status-im/status-go/waku/common"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
@@ -481,6 +483,8 @@ func toMessage(messages []*common.ReceivedMessage) []*Message {
 // GetFilterMessages returns the messages that match the filter criteria and
 // are received between the last poll and now.
 func (api *PublicWakuAPI) GetFilterMessages(id string) ([]*Message, error) {
+	logger := api.w.logger.With(zap.String("site", "getFilterMessages"), zap.String("filterId", id))
+	logger.Debug("retrieving filter messages")
 	api.mu.Lock()
 	f := api.w.GetFilter(id)
 	if f == nil {
@@ -493,6 +497,8 @@ func (api *PublicWakuAPI) GetFilterMessages(id string) ([]*Message, error) {
 	receivedMessages := f.Retrieve()
 	messages := make([]*Message, 0, len(receivedMessages))
 	for _, msg := range receivedMessages {
+
+		logger.Debug("retrieved filter message", zap.String("hash", msg.EnvelopeHash.String()), zap.Bool("isP2P", msg.P2P), zap.String("topic", msg.Topic.String()))
 		messages = append(messages, ToWakuMessage(msg))
 	}
 
diff --git a/waku/waku.go b/waku/waku.go
index ae2345f15..94601b398 100644
--- a/waku/waku.go
+++ b/waku/waku.go
@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@ func (w *Waku) UnsubscribeMany(ids []string) error {
 // Send injects a message into the waku send queue, to be distributed in the
 // network in the coming cycles.
 func (w *Waku) Send(envelope *common.Envelope) error {
+	w.logger.Debug("send: sending envelope", zap.String("hash", envelope.Hash().String()))
 	ok, err := w.add(envelope, false)
 	if err == nil && !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add envelope")
@@ -1326,12 +1327,15 @@ func (w *Waku) addEnvelope(envelope *common.Envelope) {
 func (w *Waku) addAndBridge(envelope *common.Envelope, isP2P bool, bridged bool) (bool, error) {
 	now := uint32(w.timeSource().Unix())
 	sent := envelope.Expiry - envelope.TTL
+	logger := w.logger.With(zap.String("hash", envelope.Hash().String()), zap.String("site", "addAndBridge"), zap.String("topic", envelope.Topic.String()), zap.Bool("isP2P", isP2P))
+
+	logger.Debug("addAndBridge: processing envelope")
 
 	common.EnvelopesReceivedCounter.Inc()
 	if sent > now {
 		if sent-common.DefaultSyncAllowance > now {
 			common.EnvelopesCacheFailedCounter.WithLabelValues("in_future").Inc()
-			w.logger.Warn("envelope created in the future", zap.ByteString("hash", envelope.Hash().Bytes()))
+			logger.Warn("envelope created in the future")
 			return false, common.TimeSyncError(errors.New("envelope from future"))
 		}
 		// recalculate PoW, adjusted for the time difference, plus one second for latency
@@ -1341,17 +1345,17 @@ func (w *Waku) addAndBridge(envelope *common.Envelope, isP2P bool, bridged bool)
 	if envelope.Expiry < now {
 		if envelope.Expiry+common.DefaultSyncAllowance*2 < now {
 			common.EnvelopesCacheFailedCounter.WithLabelValues("very_old").Inc()
-			w.logger.Warn("very old envelope", zap.ByteString("hash", envelope.Hash().Bytes()))
+			logger.Warn("very old envelope")
 			return false, common.TimeSyncError(errors.New("very old envelope"))
 		}
-		w.logger.Debug("expired envelope dropped", zap.ByteString("hash", envelope.Hash().Bytes()))
+		logger.Debug("expired envelope dropped")
 		common.EnvelopesCacheFailedCounter.WithLabelValues("expired").Inc()
 		return false, nil // drop envelope without error
 	}
 
 	if uint32(envelope.Size()) > w.MaxMessageSize() {
 		common.EnvelopesCacheFailedCounter.WithLabelValues("oversized").Inc()
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("huge messages are not allowed [%x][%d][%d]", envelope.Hash(), envelope.Size(), w.MaxMessageSize())
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("huge messages are not allowed [%s][%d][%d]", envelope.Hash().String(), envelope.Size(), w.MaxMessageSize())
 	}
 
 	if envelope.PoW() < w.MinPow() {
@@ -1360,7 +1364,7 @@ func (w *Waku) addAndBridge(envelope *common.Envelope, isP2P bool, bridged bool)
 		// for a short period of peer synchronization.
 		if envelope.PoW() < w.MinPowTolerance() {
 			common.EnvelopesCacheFailedCounter.WithLabelValues("low_pow").Inc()
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("envelope with low PoW received: PoW=%f, hash=[%v]", envelope.PoW(), envelope.Hash().Hex())
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("envelope with low PoW received: PoW=%f, hash=[%s]", envelope.PoW(), envelope.Hash().String())
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1370,6 +1374,7 @@ func (w *Waku) addAndBridge(envelope *common.Envelope, isP2P bool, bridged bool)
 	}
 
 	if !match {
+		logger.Debug("addAndBridge: no matches for envelope")
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
@@ -1379,10 +1384,12 @@ func (w *Waku) addAndBridge(envelope *common.Envelope, isP2P bool, bridged bool)
 	_, alreadyCached := w.envelopes[hash]
 	w.poolMu.Unlock()
 	if !alreadyCached {
+		logger.Debug("addAndBridge: adding envelope")
 		w.addEnvelope(envelope)
 	}
 
 	if alreadyCached {
+		logger.Debug("addAndBridge: already cached")
 		common.EnvelopesCachedCounter.WithLabelValues("hit").Inc()
 	} else {
 		common.EnvelopesCachedCounter.WithLabelValues("miss").Inc()
@@ -1400,7 +1407,7 @@ func (w *Waku) addAndBridge(envelope *common.Envelope, isP2P bool, bridged bool)
 		// In particular, if a node is a lightweight node,
 		// it should not bridge any envelopes.
 		if !isP2P && !bridged && w.bridge != nil {
-			w.logger.Debug("bridging envelope from Waku", zap.ByteString("hash", envelope.Hash().Bytes()))
+			logger.Debug("bridging envelope from Waku")
 			_, in := w.bridge.Pipe()
 			in <- envelope
 			common.BridgeSent.Inc()
@@ -1483,12 +1490,14 @@ func (w *Waku) update() {
 func (w *Waku) expire() {
 	w.poolMu.Lock()
 	defer w.poolMu.Unlock()
+	logger := w.logger.With(zap.String("site", "expire"))
 
 	now := uint32(w.timeSource().Unix())
 	for expiry, hashSet := range w.expirations {
 		if expiry < now {
 			// Dump all expired messages and remove timestamp
 			hashSet.Each(func(v interface{}) bool {
+				logger.Debug("expiring envelope", zap.String("hash", v.(gethcommon.Hash).String()))
 				delete(w.envelopes, v.(gethcommon.Hash))
 				common.EnvelopesCachedCounter.WithLabelValues("clear").Inc()
 				w.envelopeFeed.Send(common.EnvelopeEvent{