diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
index 57359c0ecf2c5a4ecf94253ec3579cc2823e0cab..db7bc033f5a7f9ae242e5a20c5d5c95218477d23 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/bitswap.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func (bs *Bitswap) ReceiveMessage(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID, incoming bsmsg
 			bs.dupBlocksRecvd++
 		}
 		bs.counterLk.Unlock()
-		log.Debugf("got block %s from %s (%d,%d)", block, p, bs.blocksRecvd, bs.dupBlocksRecvd)
+		log.Infof("got block %s from %s (%d,%d)", block, p, bs.blocksRecvd, bs.dupBlocksRecvd)
 
 		hasBlockCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, hasBlockTimeout)
 		if err := bs.HasBlock(hasBlockCtx, block); err != nil {
diff --git a/exchange/bitswap/wantmanager.go b/exchange/bitswap/wantmanager.go
index eb49201a6ddf23f20645791f0801c7f266c8aec7..74372f7f066b47eb62f8c66526d9619c83be71ee 100644
--- a/exchange/bitswap/wantmanager.go
+++ b/exchange/bitswap/wantmanager.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type msgQueue struct {
 }
 
 func (pm *WantManager) WantBlocks(ks []u.Key) {
+	log.Infof("want blocks: %s", ks)
 	pm.addEntries(ks, false)
 }
 
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func (pm *WantManager) SendBlock(ctx context.Context, env *engine.Envelope) {
 
 	msg := bsmsg.New(false)
 	msg.AddBlock(env.Block)
+	log.Infof("Sending block %s to %s", env.Peer, env.Block)
 	err := pm.network.SendMessage(ctx, env.Peer, msg)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
@@ -143,8 +145,9 @@ func (pm *WantManager) runQueue(mq *msgQueue) {
 
 			err := pm.network.ConnectTo(pm.ctx, mq.p)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Error(err)
+				log.Errorf("cant connect to peer %s: %s", mq.p, err)
 				// TODO: cant connect, what now?
+				continue
 			}
 
 			// grab outgoing message