diff --git a/src/proxy/tinymitm/proxy.cpp b/src/proxy/tinymitm/proxy.cpp
index 3676092..5156b16 100644
--- a/src/proxy/tinymitm/proxy.cpp
+++ b/src/proxy/tinymitm/proxy.cpp
@@ -254,11 +254,13 @@ bool TinyMITMProxy::init()
             while (_running)
             {
                 SOCKET client;
-                std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queueMutex);
-                _queueCond.wait(lock, [this]() { return !_clientQueue.empty() || !_running; });
-                if (!_running && _clientQueue.empty()) return;
-                client = _clientQueue.front();
-                _clientQueue.pop();
+                {
+                    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queueMutex);
+                    _queueCond.wait(lock, [this]() { return !_clientQueue.empty() || !_running; });
+                    if (!_running && _clientQueue.empty()) return;
+                    client = _clientQueue.front();
+                    _clientQueue.pop();
+                }
                 this->handleClient(client);
             }
         });
@@ -327,11 +329,19 @@ void TinyMITMProxy::handleClient(SOCKET clientSocket)
         initial CONNECT peek
     */
     int n = recv(clientGuard, buf, TINYMITM_CLIENT_BUFF_SIZE - 1, 0);
-    if (n <= 0) return;
+    if (n <= 0)
+    {
+        TINYMITM_WRITELOG(error, "recv failed or connection closed immediately");
+        return;
+    }
     buf[n] = '\0';
 
     std::string req(buf);
-    if (req.find("CONNECT ") != 0) return;
+    if (req.find("CONNECT ") != 0)
+    {
+        TINYMITM_WRITELOG(error, "handleClient was fed a request that was not a CONNECT request");
+        return;
+    }
 
     /*
         port parsing
@@ -344,6 +354,7 @@ void TinyMITMProxy::handleClient(SOCKET clientSocket)
 
     /*
         remote connection
+        remote connection
     */
     addrinfo hints{}, *rawRes;
     hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
@@ -379,8 +390,19 @@ void TinyMITMProxy::handleClient(SOCKET clientSocket)
     setNonBlocking(clientGuard, true);
     setNonBlocking(remoteGuard, true);
 
-    if (!doHandshake(clientSSL.get(), clientGuard, true)) return;
-    if (!doHandshake(remoteSSL.get(), remoteGuard, false)) return;
+    TINYMITM_WRITELOG(verbose, "Starting handshakes for {}", host);
+    if (!doHandshake(clientSSL.get(), clientGuard, true))
+    {
+        TINYMITM_WRITELOG(error, "Client handshake failed for: {}", host);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (!doHandshake(remoteSSL.get(), remoteGuard, false))
+    {
+        TINYMITM_WRITELOG(error, "Remote handshake failed for: {}", host);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    TINYMITM_WRITELOG(verbose, "Established tunnel to  {}", host);
 
     /*
         traffic loop
@@ -437,9 +459,11 @@ void TinyMITMProxy::handleClient(SOCKET clientSocket)
                             if (!clientStream.parseHeaders()) break;
                             std::string headers = clientStream.buffer.substr(0, clientStream.headersEnd + 4);
                             std::string path = "/";
+
                             size_t s1 = headers.find(' '), s2 = headers.find(' ', s1 + 1);
                             if (s1 != std::string::npos && s2 != std::string::npos)
                                 path = headers.substr(s1 + 1, s2 - s1 - 1);
+
                             pendingUrls.push_back("https://" + host + path);
                         }
 
@@ -506,6 +530,8 @@ void TinyMITMProxy::handleClient(SOCKET clientSocket)
 
                             if (blockOutgoing)
                             {
+                                TINYMITM_WRITELOG(verbose, "blocked request to: {}", host);
+
                                 std::string mockHeaders = "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\r\n"
                                                           "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"
                                                           "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";