diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift
index 579e6cf5..36f2e775 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Onboarding/OnboardingViewController.swift
@@ -116,10 +116,13 @@ class OnboardingViewController: UINavigationController {
     }
     
     private func tryLogin(to instanceURL: URL, updateStatus: (String) -> Void) async throws {
+        logger.debug("Attempting to log in to \(instanceURL, privacy: .public)")
+        
         let mastodonController = MastodonController(instanceURL: instanceURL, transient: true)
         let clientID: String
         let clientSecret: String
         if let clientInfo, clientInfo.url == instanceURL {
+            logger.debug("Using client info from previous attempt")
             clientID = clientInfo.id
             clientSecret = clientInfo.secret
         } else {
@@ -127,21 +130,32 @@ class OnboardingViewController: UINavigationController {
             do {
                 (clientID, clientSecret) = try await mastodonController.registerApp()
                 self.clientInfo = (instanceURL, clientID, clientSecret)
+                logger.debug("Obtained client info")
                 updateStatus("Reticulating Splines")
                 try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 500 * NSEC_PER_MSEC)
             } catch {
+                logger.error("Failed to register app: \(String(describing: error), privacy: .public)")
                 throw Error.registeringApp(error)
             }
         }
         updateStatus("Logging in")
-        let authCode = try await getAuthorizationCode(instanceURL: instanceURL, clientID: clientID)
+        let authCode: String
+        do {
+            authCode = try await getAuthorizationCode(instanceURL: instanceURL, clientID: clientID)
+            logger.debug("Obtained authorization code")
+        } catch {
+            logger.error("Failed to get auth code: \(String(describing: error), privacy: .public)")
+            throw error
+        }
         updateStatus("Authorizing")
         let accessToken: String
         do {
             accessToken = try await retrying("Getting access token") {
                 try await mastodonController.authorize(authorizationCode: authCode)
             }
+            logger.debug("Obtained access token")
         } catch {
+            logger.error("Failed to get access token: \(String(describing: error), privacy: .public)")
             throw Error.gettingAccessToken(error)
         }