diff --git a/app/coffee/ResourceStateManager.coffee b/app/coffee/ResourceStateManager.coffee
index eb193b8..946c8b5 100644
--- a/app/coffee/ResourceStateManager.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/ResourceStateManager.coffee
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ module.exports = ResourceStateManager =
 		stateFile = Path.join(basePath, @SYNC_STATE_FILE)
 		SafeReader.readFile stateFile, 64, 'ascii', (err, oldState) ->
 			return callback(err) if err?
+			logger.log state:state, oldState: oldState, basePath:basePath, stateMatches: !(state isnt oldState), "checking sync state"
 			if state isnt oldState
 				return callback new Errors.FilesOutOfSyncError("invalid state for incremental update")
 			else
diff --git a/app/coffee/ResourceWriter.coffee b/app/coffee/ResourceWriter.coffee
index 7f67026..7c3bc73 100644
--- a/app/coffee/ResourceWriter.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/ResourceWriter.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = ResourceWriter =
 
 	syncResourcesToDisk: (request, basePath, callback = (error, resourceList) ->) ->
 		if request.syncType is "incremental"
+			logger.log project_id: request.project_id, user_id: request.user_id, "incremental sync"
 			ResourceStateManager.checkProjectStateHashMatches request.syncState, basePath, (error) ->
 				return callback(error) if error?
 				ResourceListManager.loadResourceList basePath, (error, resourceList) ->
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ module.exports = ResourceWriter =
 							return callback(error) if error?
 							callback(null, resourceList)
 		else
+			logger.log project_id: request.project_id, user_id: request.user_id, "full sync"
 			@saveAllResourcesToDisk request.project_id, request.resources, basePath, (error) ->
 				return callback(error) if error?
 				ResourceStateManager.saveProjectStateHash request.syncState, basePath, (error) ->