diff --git a/dot/rpc/modules/author.go b/dot/rpc/modules/author.go
index 289185de00..577f3aadf8 100644
--- a/dot/rpc/modules/author.go
+++ b/dot/rpc/modules/author.go
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ func (am *AuthorModule) InsertKey(r *http.Request, req *KeyInsertRequest, res *K
 }
 
 // HasKey Checks if the keystore has private keys for the given public key and key type.
-func (cm *AuthorModule) HasKey(r *http.Request, req *[]string, res *bool) error {
+func (am *AuthorModule) HasKey(r *http.Request, req *[]string, res *bool) error {
 	reqKey := *req
 	var err error
-	*res, err = cm.coreAPI.HasKey(reqKey[0], reqKey[1])
+	*res, err = am.coreAPI.HasKey(reqKey[0], reqKey[1])
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -145,29 +145,30 @@ func (am *AuthorModule) PendingExtrinsics(r *http.Request, req *EmptyRequest, re
 }
 
 // RemoveExtrinsic Remove given extrinsic from the pool and temporarily ban it to prevent reimporting
-func (cm *AuthorModule) RemoveExtrinsic(r *http.Request, req *ExtrinsicOrHashRequest, res *RemoveExtrinsicsResponse) error {
+func (am *AuthorModule) RemoveExtrinsic(r *http.Request, req *ExtrinsicOrHashRequest, res *RemoveExtrinsicsResponse) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 // RotateKeys Generate new session keys and returns the corresponding public keys
-func (cm *AuthorModule) RotateKeys(r *http.Request, req *EmptyRequest, res *KeyRotateResponse) error {
+func (am *AuthorModule) RotateKeys(r *http.Request, req *EmptyRequest, res *KeyRotateResponse) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 // SubmitAndWatchExtrinsic Submit and subscribe to watch an extrinsic until unsubscribed
-func (cm *AuthorModule) SubmitAndWatchExtrinsic(r *http.Request, req *Extrinsic, res *ExtrinsicStatus) error {
+func (am *AuthorModule) SubmitAndWatchExtrinsic(r *http.Request, req *Extrinsic, res *ExtrinsicStatus) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
 // SubmitExtrinsic Submit a fully formatted extrinsic for block inclusion
-func (cm *AuthorModule) SubmitExtrinsic(r *http.Request, req *Extrinsic, res *ExtrinsicHashResponse) error {
+func (am *AuthorModule) SubmitExtrinsic(r *http.Request, req *Extrinsic, res *ExtrinsicHashResponse) error {
 	extBytes, err := common.HexToBytes(req.Data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	ext := types.Extrinsic(extBytes)
+	am.logger.Crit("[rpc]", "extrinsic", ext)
+
 	*res = ExtrinsicHashResponse(ext.Hash().String())
-	err = cm.coreAPI.HandleSubmittedExtrinsic(ext)
+	err = am.coreAPI.HandleSubmittedExtrinsic(ext)
 	return err
 }