diff --git a/src/codec.ts b/src/codec.ts
index cd8483b..7614a8f 100644
--- a/src/codec.ts
+++ b/src/codec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { RlnMessage, toRLNSignal } from "./message.js";
 import { MembershipKey, RLNInstance } from "./rln.js";
 
-const log = debug("waku:message:rln-encoder");
+const log = debug("waku:rln:encoder");
 
 export class RLNEncoder implements Encoder {
   public contentTopic: string;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class RLNEncoder implements Encoder {
   async toWire(message: Partial<Message>): Promise<Uint8Array | undefined> {
     message.contentTopic = this.contentTopic;
     message.rateLimitProof = await this.generateProof(message);
-
+    log("Proof generated", message.rateLimitProof);
     return this.encoder.toWire(message);
   }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class RLNEncoder implements Encoder {
     if (!protoMessage) return;
 
     protoMessage.rateLimitProof = await this.generateProof(message);
-
+    log("Proof generated", message.rateLimitProof);
     return protoMessage;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/epoch.ts b/src/epoch.ts
index 8a7934f..af4fe8e 100644
--- a/src/epoch.ts
+++ b/src/epoch.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
+import debug from "debug";
+
 const DefaultEpochUnitSeconds = 10; // the rln-relay epoch length in seconds
 
+const log = debug("waku:rln:epoch");
+
 export function dateToEpoch(
   timestamp: Date,
   epochUnitSeconds: number = DefaultEpochUnitSeconds
 ): number {
   const time = timestamp.getTime();
-  return Math.floor(time / 1000 / epochUnitSeconds);
+  const epoch = Math.floor(time / 1000 / epochUnitSeconds);
+  log("generated epoch", epoch);
+  return epoch;
 }
 
 export function epochIntToBytes(epoch: number): Uint8Array {
   const bytes = new Uint8Array(32);
   const db = new DataView(bytes.buffer);
   db.setUint32(0, epoch, true);
+  log("encoded epoch", epoch, bytes);
   return bytes;
 }
 
 export function epochBytesToInt(bytes: Uint8Array): number {
   const dv = new DataView(bytes.buffer);
-  return dv.getUint32(0, true);
+  const epoch = dv.getUint32(0, true);
+  log("decoded epoch", epoch, bytes);
+  return epoch;
 }