diff --git a/go/storage/store.go b/go/storage/store.go
index 8228c12a2..1d269428a 100644
--- a/go/storage/store.go
+++ b/go/storage/store.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func (mn *MasterNodes) findMaster() (string, error) {
 	}
 	if mn.lastNode < 0 {
 		for _, m := range mn.nodes {
+			glog.V(4).Infof("Listing masters on %s", m)
 			if masters, e := operation.ListMasters(m); e == nil {
 				if len(masters) == 0 {
 					continue
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ func (mn *MasterNodes) findMaster() (string, error) {
 				mn.lastNode = rand.Intn(len(mn.nodes))
 				glog.V(2).Info("current master node is :", mn.nodes[mn.lastNode])
 				break
+			} else {
+				glog.V(4).Infof("Failed listing masters on %s: %v", m, e)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -308,6 +311,7 @@ func (s *Store) SendHeartbeatToMaster() (masterNode string, secretKey security.S
 	}
 
 	joinUrl := "http://" + masterNode + "/dir/join"
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Connecting to %s ...", joinUrl)
 
 	jsonBlob, err := util.PostBytes(joinUrl, data)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go b/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go
index 842ad211a..0c396c6a5 100644
--- a/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go
+++ b/go/weed/weed_server/volume_server.go
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@ func NewVolumeServer(adminMux, publicMux *http.ServeMux, ip string,
 	go func() {
 		connected := true
 
+		glog.V(0).Infof("Volume server bootstraps with master %s", vs.GetMasterNode())
 		vs.store.SetBootstrapMaster(vs.GetMasterNode())
 		vs.store.SetDataCenter(vs.dataCenter)
 		vs.store.SetRack(vs.rack)
 		for {
+			glog.V(4).Infof("Volume server sending to master %s", vs.GetMasterNode())
 			master, secretKey, err := vs.store.SendHeartbeatToMaster()
 			if err == nil {
 				if !connected {