diff --git a/node/execution/intrinsics/token/token_execution_engine.go b/node/execution/intrinsics/token/token_execution_engine.go
index aadf3b4..fe8083b 100644
--- a/node/execution/intrinsics/token/token_execution_engine.go
+++ b/node/execution/intrinsics/token/token_execution_engine.go
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ func NewTokenExecutionEngine(
 				hypergraphStore,
 				shardKey,
 				phaseSet,
+				logger,
 			)
 		},
 	)
@@ -659,6 +660,7 @@ func (e *TokenExecutionEngine) rebuildHypergraph() {
 				e.hypergraphStore,
 				shardKey,
 				phaseSet,
+				e.logger,
 			)
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/node/hypergraph/application/hypergraph_convergence_test.go b/node/hypergraph/application/hypergraph_convergence_test.go
index 34cfefb..ab71f19 100644
--- a/node/hypergraph/application/hypergraph_convergence_test.go
+++ b/node/hypergraph/application/hypergraph_convergence_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func TestConvergence(t *testing.T) {
 				hgStore,
 				shardKey,
 				phaseSet,
+				logger,
 			)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/node/rpc/hypergraph_sync_rpc_server_test.go b/node/rpc/hypergraph_sync_rpc_server_test.go
index 8c95dc5..2fb16dc 100644
--- a/node/rpc/hypergraph_sync_rpc_server_test.go
+++ b/node/rpc/hypergraph_sync_rpc_server_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ func TestHypergraphSyncServer(t *testing.T) {
 			serverHypergraphStore,
 			shardKey,
 			phaseSet,
+			logger,
 		)
 	})
 	crdts[1] = application.NewHypergraph(func(shardKey application.ShardKey, phaseSet protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet) crypto.VectorCommitmentTree {
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ func TestHypergraphSyncServer(t *testing.T) {
 			clientHypergraphStore,
 			shardKey,
 			phaseSet,
+			logger,
 		)
 	})
 	crdts[2] = application.NewHypergraph(func(shardKey application.ShardKey, phaseSet protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet) crypto.VectorCommitmentTree {
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ func TestHypergraphSyncServer(t *testing.T) {
 			controlHypergraphStore,
 			shardKey,
 			phaseSet,
+			logger,
 		)
 	})
 
diff --git a/node/store/hypergraph.go b/node/store/hypergraph.go
index 407e687..cbbb40c 100644
--- a/node/store/hypergraph.go
+++ b/node/store/hypergraph.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package store
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/gob"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 			shardKey application.ShardKey,
 			phaseSet protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet,
 		) crypto.VectorCommitmentTree {
-			return NewPersistentVectorTree(p, shardKey, phaseSet)
+			return NewPersistentVectorTree(p, shardKey, phaseSet, p.logger)
 		},
 	)
 	vertexAddsIter, err := p.db.NewIter(
@@ -257,12 +258,17 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "load hypergraph")
 	}
 	defer vertexAddsIter.Close()
+	p.logger.Debug("loading vertex add sets")
 	for vertexAddsIter.First(); vertexAddsIter.Valid(); vertexAddsIter.Next() {
 		shardKey := make([]byte, len(vertexAddsIter.Key()))
 		copy(shardKey, vertexAddsIter.Key())
 		node := &StoredBranchNode{}
 		var b bytes.Buffer
 		b.Write(vertexAddsIter.Value())
+		p.logger.Debug(
+			"loading vertex add set",
+			zap.String("set_shard_key", hex.EncodeToString(shardKey)),
+		)
 
 		dec := gob.NewDecoder(&b)
 		if err := dec.Decode(node); err != nil {
@@ -273,6 +279,7 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 			p,
 			shardKeyFromKey(shardKey),
 			protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet_HYPERGRAPH_PHASE_SET_VERTEX_ADDS,
+			p.logger,
 		)
 
 		tree.tree.Root, err = tree.storedToBranch(node)
@@ -314,6 +321,7 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 			p,
 			shardKeyFromKey(shardKey),
 			protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet_HYPERGRAPH_PHASE_SET_VERTEX_REMOVES,
+			p.logger,
 		)
 
 		tree.tree.Root, err = tree.storedToBranch(node)
@@ -355,6 +363,7 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 			p,
 			shardKeyFromKey(shardKey),
 			protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet_HYPERGRAPH_PHASE_SET_HYPEREDGE_ADDS,
+			p.logger,
 		)
 
 		tree.tree.Root, err = tree.storedToBranch(node)
@@ -396,6 +405,7 @@ func (p *PebbleHypergraphStore) LoadHypergraph() (
 			p,
 			shardKeyFromKey(shardKey),
 			protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet_HYPERGRAPH_PHASE_SET_HYPEREDGE_REMOVES,
+			p.logger,
 		)
 
 		tree.tree.Root, err = tree.storedToBranch(node)
@@ -572,6 +582,7 @@ type NodeID string
 
 type PersistentVectorTree struct {
 	store         HypergraphStore
+	logger        *zap.Logger
 	tree          *crypto.RawVectorCommitmentTree
 	shardKey      application.ShardKey
 	phaseSet      byte
@@ -586,6 +597,7 @@ func NewPersistentVectorTree(
 	store HypergraphStore,
 	shardKey application.ShardKey,
 	phaseSet protobufs.HypergraphPhaseSet,
+	logger *zap.Logger,
 ) *PersistentVectorTree {
 	phaseByte := byte(0x00)
 	switch phaseSet {
@@ -601,6 +613,7 @@ func NewPersistentVectorTree(
 
 	return &PersistentVectorTree{
 		store:         store,
+		logger:        logger,
 		tree:          &crypto.RawVectorCommitmentTree{},
 		shardKey:      shardKey,
 		phaseSet:      phaseByte,
@@ -691,8 +704,16 @@ func (t *PersistentVectorTree) storedToBranch(
 		var err error
 
 		if childID[2] == SET_TREE_BRANCH {
+			t.logger.Debug(
+				"load child branch node",
+				zap.String("child_id", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(childID))),
+			)
 			child, err = t.loadBranchNode(childID)
 		} else {
+			t.logger.Debug(
+				"load child leaf node",
+				zap.String("child_id", hex.EncodeToString([]byte(childID))),
+			)
 			child, err = t.loadLeafNode(childID)
 		}
 		if err != nil {