diff --git a/src/builder/b-task.c b/src/builder/b-task.c
index a74fcd1..4dcc53e 100644
--- a/src/builder/b-task.c
+++ b/src/builder/b-task.c
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ saib_set_ns_state(struct sai_nspawn *ns, int state)
 	else
 		n = lws_snprintf(log, sizeof(log), ">saib> ILLEGAL_STATE %d\n", (int)state);
 
+	lwsl_user("%s: task %s: %s\n", __func__, ns->task ? ns->task->uuid : "null", log);
+
 	saib_log_chunk_create(ns, log, (unsigned int)n, 3);
 
 	if (state == NSSTATE_UPLOADING_ARTIFACTS)
@@ -429,7 +431,7 @@ saib_sub_cleaner_cb(lws_sorted_usec_list_t *sul)
 void
 saib_task_grace(struct sai_nspawn *ns)
 {
-	lwsl_err("%s: +++++ starting task grace wait\n", __func__);
+	lwsl_err("%s: +++++ starting task %s grace wait\n", __func__, ns->task ? ns->task->uuid : "null");
 	ns->finished_when_logs_drained = 1; /* destroy ns if logs are gone + spawn reaped */
 	lws_sul_schedule(builder.context, 0, &ns->sul_cleaner,
 			 saib_sub_cleaner_cb, 20 * LWS_USEC_PER_SEC);
diff --git a/src/common/ss-client-logproxy.c b/src/common/ss-client-logproxy.c
index adbc7a0..8d39c7a 100644
--- a/src/common/ss-client-logproxy.c
+++ b/src/common/ss-client-logproxy.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ saicom_lp_ss_from_env(struct lws_context *context, const char *env_name)
 
 	if (lws_ss_set_metadata(h, "sockpath", e, strlen(e)))
 		lwsl_warn("%s: metadata set failed\n", __func__);
+
+	lwsl_notice("%s: setting metadata sockpath '%s'\n", __func__, e);
+
 	if (lws_ss_client_connect(h)) {
 		lws_ss_destroy(&h);
 		return NULL;