diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
index 97aaec099..873a7bad2 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/group_manager/group_manager_base.nim
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import
   ../protocol_types,
   ../protocol_metrics,
   ../constants,
+  ../conversion_utils,
   ../rln
-import options, chronos, stew/results, std/[deques, sequtils]
+import options, chronos, chronicles, stew/results, std/[deques, sequtils]
 
 export options, chronos, results, protocol_types, protocol_metrics, deques
 
@@ -191,6 +192,12 @@ method generateProof*(
     return err("membership index is not set")
   if g.userMessageLimit.isNone():
     return err("user message limit is not set")
+  debug "generating proof params",
+    epoch = fromEpoch(epoch),
+    messageId = messageId,
+    userMessageLimit = g.userMessageLimit.get(),
+    idCommitment = inHex(g.idCredentials.get().idCommitment),
+    index = g.membershipIndex.get()
   waku_rln_proof_generation_duration_seconds.nanosecondTime:
     let proof = proofGen(
       rlnInstance = g.rlnInstance,
@@ -204,7 +211,6 @@ method generateProof*(
       return err("proof generation failed: " & $error)
   return ok(proof)
 
-
 method isReady*(g: GroupManager): Future[bool] {.base, async.} =
   raise newException(
     CatchableError, "isReady proc for " & $g.type & " is not implemented yet"
diff --git a/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim b/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
index 139c7aaf9..2e8420a2e 100644
--- a/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_rln_relay/rln_relay.nim
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ proc generateRlnValidator*(
       payload = string.fromBytes(message.payload)
     case validationRes
     of Valid:
-      trace "message validity is verified, relaying:",
+      debug "message validity is verified, relaying:",
         proof = proof,
         root = root,
         shareX = shareX,
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ proc generateRlnValidator*(
         nullifier = nullifier
       return pubsub.ValidationResult.Accept
     of Invalid:
-      trace "message validity could not be verified, discarding:",
+      debug "message validity could not be verified, discarding:",
         proof = proof,
         root = root,
         shareX = shareX,
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ proc generateRlnValidator*(
         nullifier = nullifier
       return pubsub.ValidationResult.Reject
     of Spam:
-      trace "A spam message is found! yay! discarding:",
+      debug "A spam message is found! yay! discarding:",
         proof = proof,
         root = root,
         shareX = shareX,