diff --git a/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadCleaner/DownloadCleaner.cs b/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadCleaner/DownloadCleaner.cs
index 623a59e..2e0fbaa 100644
--- a/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadCleaner/DownloadCleaner.cs
+++ b/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadCleaner/DownloadCleaner.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public sealed class DownloadCleaner : GenericHandler
     private readonly DownloadCleanerConfig _config;
     private readonly HashSet<string> _excludedHashes = [];
     
-    private static bool _hardLinkCategoryCreated = false;
+    private static bool _hardLinkCategoryCreated;
     
     public DownloadCleaner(
         ILogger<DownloadCleaner> logger,
@@ -69,10 +69,13 @@ public sealed class DownloadCleaner : GenericHandler
         {
             if (!_hardLinkCategoryCreated)
             {
+                _logger.LogTrace("creating category {cat}", _config.NoHardlinksCategory);
+                
                 await _downloadService.CreateCategoryAsync(_config.NoHardlinksCategory);
                 _hardLinkCategoryCreated = true;
             }
             
+            _logger.LogTrace("getting downloads to change category");
             downloadsToChangeCategory = await _downloadService.GetDownloadsToChangeCategoryAsync(_config.HardlinkCategories);
         }
         
@@ -94,20 +97,22 @@ public sealed class DownloadCleaner : GenericHandler
         
         if (hasDownloadsToChange)
         {
+            _logger.LogTrace("processing downloads to change category");
             await _downloadService.ChangeCategoryForNoHardLinksAsync(downloadsToChangeCategory, _excludedHashes);
         }
         else
         {
-            _logger.LogDebug("no downloads found to change category");
+            _logger.LogTrace("no downloads found to change category");
         }
         
         if (hasDownloadsToClean)
         {
+            _logger.LogTrace("processing downloads to be cleaned");
             await _downloadService.CleanDownloadsAsync(downloadsToBeCleaned, _config.Categories, _excludedHashes);
         }
         else
         {
-            _logger.LogDebug("no downloads found to be cleaned");
+            _logger.LogTrace("no downloads found to be cleaned");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadClient/QBittorrent/QBitService.cs b/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadClient/QBittorrent/QBitService.cs
index df0e3ea..bea2709 100644
--- a/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadClient/QBittorrent/QBitService.cs
+++ b/code/Infrastructure/Verticals/DownloadClient/QBittorrent/QBitService.cs
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ public class QBitService : DownloadService, IQBitService
                 .ToList()
                 .ForEach(x =>
                 {
+                    _logger.LogTrace("populating file counts from {dir}", x);
+                    
                     if (!Directory.Exists(x))
                     {
                         throw new ValidationException($"directory \"{x}\" does not exist");