diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/main.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/main.go
index e0a666e3034f..85f4222dc2dd 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/main.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachprod"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachprod/config"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachprod/logger"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/randutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // register postgres driver
@@ -310,9 +312,12 @@ func testsToRun(
 		// the test categorization must be complete in 30 seconds
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()
-		updateSpecForSelectiveTests(ctx, specs, func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
+		err := updateSpecForSelectiveTests(ctx, specs, func(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, format, args...)
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	var notSkipped []registry.TestSpec
@@ -377,13 +382,20 @@ func testsToRun(
 //  5. All tests that are marked "selected=true" are considered for the test run.
 func updateSpecForSelectiveTests(
 	ctx context.Context, specs []registry.TestSpec, logFunc func(format string, args ...interface{}),
-) {
+) error {
+	logPath := filepath.Join(roachtestflags.ArtifactsDir, "selector.log")
+	selectorLogger, err := logger.RootLogger(logPath, logger.NoTee)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer selectorLogger.Close()
+	selectorLogger.Printf("This is the test selector logger")
+
 	selectedTestsCount := 0
-	allTests, err := testselector.CategoriseTests(ctx,
+	allTests, err := testselector.CategoriseTests(ctx, selectorLogger,
 		testselector.NewDefaultSelectTestsReq(roachtestflags.Cloud, roachtestflags.Suite))
 	if err != nil {
-		logFunc("running all tests! error selecting tests: %v\n", err)
-		return
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "running all tests! error selecting tests")
 	}
 
 	// successfulTests are the tests considered by snowflake to not run, but, part of the testSpecs.
@@ -436,6 +448,7 @@ func updateSpecForSelectiveTests(
 		}
 	}
 	logFunc("%d out of %d tests selected for the run!\n", selectedTestsCount, len(specs))
+	return nil
 }
 
 // testShouldBeSkipped decides whether a test should be skipped based on test details and suite
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/BUILD.bazel
index a6f90d799e76..dea18b40ceaf 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/BUILD.bazel
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ go_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec",
+        "//pkg/roachprod/logger",
         "@com_github_snowflakedb_gosnowflake//:gosnowflake",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/selector.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/selector.go
index a73d8234c45c..8f612d20fc3b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/selector.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/testselector/selector.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachprod/logger"
 	sf "github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake"
 )
 
@@ -91,7 +92,27 @@ func NewDefaultSelectTestsReq(cloud spec.Cloud, suite string) *SelectTestsReq {
 // 3. the test has not been run for a while
 // It returns all the tests. The selected tests have the value TestDetails.Selected as true
 // The tests are sorted by the last run and is used for further test selection criteria. So, the order should not be modified.
-func CategoriseTests(ctx context.Context, req *SelectTestsReq) ([]*TestDetails, error) {
+func CategoriseTests(
+	ctx context.Context, logger *logger.Logger, req *SelectTestsReq,
+) ([]*TestDetails, error) {
+	currentBranch := os.Getenv("TC_BUILD_BRANCH")
+	if currentBranch == "" {
+		currentBranch = "master"
+	}
+
+	// Can't do this because the literal `%V exists in the query bc `like `%VMs ....``
+	//debugQuery := strings.ReplaceAll(PreparedQuery, "?", "%v")
+	//logger.Printf(debugQuery)
+	//logger.Printf(debugQuery, req.ForPastDays*-1, currentBranch,
+	//	fmt.Sprintf("%%%s - %s%%", suites[req.Suite], req.Cloud),
+	//	req.FirstRunOn*-1, req.LastRunOn*-1)
+
+	// Print Query & Query Params
+
+	logger.Printf("Query Params:\n%d\n%s\n%s\n%d\n%d", req.ForPastDays*-1, currentBranch,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%%%s - %s%%", suites[req.Suite], req.Cloud),
+		req.FirstRunOn*-1, req.LastRunOn*-1)
+
 	db, err := getConnect(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -103,10 +124,10 @@ func CategoriseTests(ctx context.Context, req *SelectTestsReq) ([]*TestDetails,
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = statement.Close() }()
 	// get the current branch from the teamcity environment
-	currentBranch := os.Getenv("TC_BUILD_BRANCH")
-	if currentBranch == "" {
-		currentBranch = "master"
-	}
+	//currentBranch := os.Getenv("TC_BUILD_BRANCH")
+	//if currentBranch == "" {
+	//	currentBranch = "master"
+	//}
 	// add the parameters in sequence
 	rows, err := statement.QueryContext(ctx, req.ForPastDays*-1, currentBranch,
 		fmt.Sprintf("%%%s - %s%%", suites[req.Suite], req.Cloud),
@@ -115,6 +136,11 @@ func CategoriseTests(ctx context.Context, req *SelectTestsReq) ([]*TestDetails,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer func() { _ = rows.Close() }()
+	//debugQuery := strings.ReplaceAll(PreparedQuery, "?", "%v")
+	//logger.Printf(debugQuery, req.ForPastDays*-1, currentBranch,
+	//	fmt.Sprintf("%%%s - %s%%", suites[req.Suite], req.Cloud),
+	//	req.FirstRunOn*-1, req.LastRunOn*-1)
+
 	// All the column headers
 	colHeaders, err := rows.Columns()
 	if err != nil {