diff --git a/src/boinc_client/messages.py b/src/boinc_client/messages.py
index e61cc42..5d56aa2 100644
--- a/src/boinc_client/messages.py
+++ b/src/boinc_client/messages.py
@@ -1,38 +1,54 @@
-import xmltodict
+import logging
 
+import xmltodict
 from boinc_client.clients.rpc_client import RpcClient
 from boinc_client.models.message_count import MessageCount
 from boinc_client.models.messages import Messages
 from boinc_client.models.public_notice import Notices
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logging.basicConfig(filename="boinc_client.log", encoding="utf-8", level=logging.DEBUG)
+
 
 def messages(client: RpcClient, start: int = 0) -> dict:
     """Show messages with sequence numbers beyond the given seqno."""
+    logging.info("Getting recent messages")
     rpc_resp = client.make_request(
         f"<get_messages><seqno>{start}</seqno></get_messages>"
     )
     rpc_json = xmltodict.parse(rpc_resp, force_list="msg")
+    logger.debug(rpc_json)
+    logger.debug("Converting to Messages model")
     return Messages().load(rpc_json)
 
 
 def message_count(client: RpcClient) -> dict:
     """Show the largest message seqno."""
+    logging.info("Getting the count of messages")
     rpc_resp = client.make_request("<get_message_count/>")
     rpc_json = xmltodict.parse(rpc_resp)
+    logger.debug(rpc_json)
+    logger.debug("Converting to MessageCount model")
     return MessageCount().load(rpc_json)
 
 
 def public_notices(client: RpcClient, start: int = 1) -> dict:
     """Returns only non-private notices, doesn't require authentication."""
+    logging.info("Getting all public messages")
     rpc_resp = client.make_request(
         f"<get_notices_public><seqno>{start}</seqno></get_notices_public>"
     )
     rpc_json = xmltodict.parse(rpc_resp, force_list="notice")
+    logger.debug(rpc_json)
+    logger.debug("Converting to Notices model")
     return Notices().load(rpc_json)
 
 
 def get_all_notices(client: RpcClient, start: int = 1) -> dict:
     """Returns both private and non-private notices."""
+    logging.info("Getting recent notices")
     rpc_resp = client.make_request(f"<get_notices><seqno>{start}</seqno></get_notices>")
     rpc_json = xmltodict.parse(rpc_resp, force_list="notice")
+    logger.debug(rpc_json)
+    logger.debug("Converting to Notices model")
     return Notices().load(rpc_json)