diff --git a/src/rpc.rs b/src/rpc.rs
index 90ebb43..81bfbb5 100644
--- a/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/src/rpc.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use tendermint::amino_types::*;
 pub const MAX_MSG_LEN: usize = 1024;
 
 /// Requests to the KMS
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Request {
     /// Sign the given message
     SignProposal(SignProposalRequest),
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ pub enum Request {
 }
 
 /// Responses from the KMS
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Response {
     /// Signature response
     SignedVote(SignedVoteResponse),
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 9f3fef2..6176c25 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub struct Session<Connection> {
     /// Chain ID for this session
     chain_id: chain::Id,
 
-    // Do not sign blocks greates than this height
+    /// Do not sign blocks greater than this height
     max_height: Option<tendermint::block::Height>,
 
     /// TCP connection to a validator node
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ where
             info!("terminate signal received");
             return Ok(false);
         }
-        debug!("started handling request ... ");
-        let response = match Request::read(&mut self.connection)? {
+
+        let request = Request::read(&mut self.connection)?;
+        debug!("received request: {:?}", &request);
+
+        let response = match request {
             Request::SignProposal(req) => self.sign(req)?,
             Request::SignVote(req) => self.sign(req)?,
             // non-signable requests:
@@ -138,6 +141,8 @@ where
             Request::ShowPublicKey(ref req) => self.get_public_key(req)?,
         };
 
+        debug!("sending response: {:?}", &response);
+
         let mut buf = vec![];
 
         match response {
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ where
         }
 
         self.connection.write_all(&buf)?;
-        debug!("... success handling request");
+
         Ok(true)
     }
 
@@ -185,8 +190,9 @@ where
         // from keyring here:
         let sig = chain.keyring.sign_ed25519(None, &to_sign)?;
 
+        self.log_signing_request(&request);
         request.set_signature(&sig);
-        debug!("successfully signed request:\n {:?}", request);
+
         Ok(request.build_response())
     }
 
@@ -205,4 +211,22 @@ where
             *chain.keyring.default_pubkey()?,
         )))
     }
+
+    /// Write an INFO logline about a signing request
+    fn log_signing_request<T: TendermintRequest + Debug>(&self, request: &T) {
+        let height = request
+            .height()
+            .map(|h| h.to_string())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "none".to_owned());
+
+        let msg_type = request
+            .msg_type()
+            .map(|t| format!("{:?}", t))
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| "Unknown".to_owned());
+
+        info!(
+            "[{}] signed {:?} at height: {}",
+            self.chain_id, msg_type, height
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/proposal.rs b/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/proposal.rs
index a77f239..88354b1 100644
--- a/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/proposal.rs
+++ b/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/proposal.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ impl SignableMsg for SignProposalRequest {
     fn height(&self) -> Option<i64> {
         self.proposal.as_ref().map(|proposal| proposal.height)
     }
+
+    fn msg_type(&self) -> Option<SignedMsgType> {
+        Some(SignedMsgType::Proposal)
+    }
 }
 
 impl ConsensusMessage for Proposal {
diff --git a/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/signature.rs b/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/signature.rs
index 08dd289..97932c0 100644
--- a/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/signature.rs
+++ b/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/signature.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ pub trait SignableMsg {
     fn validate(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError>;
     fn consensus_state(&self) -> Option<consensus::State>;
     fn height(&self) -> Option<i64>;
+    fn msg_type(&self) -> Option<SignedMsgType>;
 }
 
 /// Signed message types. This follows:
diff --git a/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/vote.rs b/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/vote.rs
index d743d79..cd5bc33 100644
--- a/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/vote.rs
+++ b/tendermint-rs/src/amino_types/vote.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ pub struct Vote {
 }
 
 impl Vote {
-    fn is_valid_vote_type(&self) -> bool {
-        self.vote_type == SignedMsgType::PreVote.to_u32()
-            || self.vote_type == SignedMsgType::PreCommit.to_u32()
+    fn msg_type(&self) -> Option<SignedMsgType> {
+        if self.vote_type == SignedMsgType::PreVote.to_u32() {
+            Some(SignedMsgType::PreVote)
+        } else if self.vote_type == SignedMsgType::PreCommit.to_u32() {
+            Some(SignedMsgType::PreCommit)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -179,11 +184,14 @@ impl SignableMsg for SignVoteRequest {
     fn height(&self) -> Option<i64> {
         self.vote.as_ref().map(|vote| vote.height)
     }
+    fn msg_type(&self) -> Option<SignedMsgType> {
+        self.vote.as_ref().and_then(|vote| vote.msg_type())
+    }
 }
 
 impl ConsensusMessage for Vote {
     fn validate_basic(&self) -> Result<(), ValidationError> {
-        if !self.is_valid_vote_type() {
+        if self.msg_type().is_none() {
             return Err(InvalidMessageType.into());
         }
         if self.height < 0 {