diff --git a/monarch_hyperactor/src/code_sync/rsync.rs b/monarch_hyperactor/src/code_sync/rsync.rs
index 93f8c27e4..31bd50504 100644
--- a/monarch_hyperactor/src/code_sync/rsync.rs
+++ b/monarch_hyperactor/src/code_sync/rsync.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ use tokio::process::Child;
 use tokio::process::Command;
 #[cfg(feature = "packaged_rsync")]
 use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
+use tracing::warn;
 
 use crate::code_sync::WorkspaceLocation;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ async fn get_rsync_bin_path() -> Result<&'static Path> {
         Ok(RSYNC_BIN_PATH
             .get_or_try_init(|| async {
                 tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
-                    let mut tmp = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new()?;
+                    let mut tmp = tempfile::NamedTempFile::with_prefix("rsync.")?;
                     let rsync_bin = include_bytes!("rsync.bin");
                     tmp.write_all(rsync_bin)?;
                     let bin_path = tmp.into_temp_path();
@@ -239,7 +240,6 @@ pub async fn do_rsync(addr: &SocketAddr, workspace: &Path) -> Result<RsyncResult
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct RsyncDaemon {
     child: Child,
-    #[allow(unused)]
     state: TempDir,
     addr: SocketAddr,
 }
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ impl RsyncDaemon {
             .arg(format!("--address={}", addr.ip()))
             .arg(format!("--port={}", addr.port()))
             .arg(format!("--config={}", config.display()))
-            //.arg(format!("--log-file={}/log", state.path().display()))
-            .arg("--log-file=/dev/stderr")
+            .arg(format!("--log-file={}/log", state.path().display()))
             .kill_on_drop(true)
             .spawn()?;
 
@@ -315,14 +314,15 @@ impl RsyncDaemon {
         &self.addr
     }
 
-    pub async fn shutdown(mut self) -> Result<()> {
+    pub async fn shutdown(mut self) -> Result<String> {
+        let logs = fs::read_to_string(self.state.path().join("log")).await;
         let id = self.child.id().context("missing pid")?;
         let pid = Pid::from_raw(id as i32);
         signal::kill(pid, Signal::SIGINT)?;
         let status = self.child.wait().await?;
         // rsync exists with 20 when sent SIGINT.
         ensure!(status.code() == Some(20));
-        Ok(())
+        Ok(logs?)
     }
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ where
     let instance = actor_mesh.proc_mesh().client();
     let (rsync_conns_tx, rsync_conns_rx) = instance.open_port::<Connect>();
 
-    let ((), results) = try_join!(
+    let res = try_join!(
         rsync_conns_rx
             .take(actor_mesh.shape().slice().len())
             .err_into::<anyhow::Error>()
@@ -443,11 +443,25 @@ where
                 .await?;
             anyhow::Ok(res)
         },
-    )?;
+    );
 
-    daemon.shutdown().await?;
+    // Kill rsync server and attempt to grab the logs.
+    let logs = daemon.shutdown().await;
 
-    Ok(results)
+    // Return results, attaching rsync daemon logs on error.
+    match res {
+        Ok(((), results)) => {
+            let _ = logs?;
+            Ok(results)
+        }
+        Err(err) => match logs {
+            Ok(logs) => Err(err).with_context(|| format!("rsync server logs: {}", logs)),
+            Err(shutdown_err) => {
+                warn!("failed to read logs from rsync daemon: {:?}", shutdown_err);
+                Err(err)
+            }
+        },
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]