diff --git a/cmd/solana_exporter/config.go b/cmd/solana_exporter/config.go
index 928f5e9..8f5a1fd 100644
--- a/cmd/solana_exporter/config.go
+++ b/cmd/solana_exporter/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/asymmetric-research/solana_exporter/pkg/slog"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -38,6 +39,17 @@ func NewExporterConfig(
 	comprehensiveSlotTracking bool,
 	monitorBlockSizes bool,
 ) *ExporterConfig {
+	logger := slog.Get()
+	logger.Infow(
+		"Setting up export config with ",
+		"httpTimeout", httpTimeout,
+		"rpcUrl", rpcUrl,
+		"listenAddress", listenAddress,
+		"nodeKeys", nodeKeys,
+		"balanceAddresses", balanceAddresses,
+		"comprehensiveSlotTracking", comprehensiveSlotTracking,
+		"monitorBlockSizes", monitorBlockSizes,
+	)
 	return &ExporterConfig{
 		HttpTimeout:               time.Duration(httpTimeout) * time.Second,
 		RpcUrl:                    rpcUrl,
diff --git a/cmd/solana_exporter/desc.go b/cmd/solana_exporter/desc.go
index e72f7d2..adbe36d 100644
--- a/cmd/solana_exporter/desc.go
+++ b/cmd/solana_exporter/desc.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func (c *GaugeDesc) MustNewConstMetric(value float64, labels ...string) promethe
 	if len(labels) != len(c.VariableLabels) {
 		logger.Fatalf("Provided labels (%v) do not match %s labels (%v)", labels, c.Name, c.VariableLabels)
 	}
+	logger.Debugf("Emitting %v to %s(%v)", value, labels, c.Name)
 	return prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.Desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, value, labels...)
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/solana_exporter/exporter.go b/cmd/solana_exporter/exporter.go
index 4d46836..2a2cb1b 100644
--- a/cmd/solana_exporter/exporter.go
+++ b/cmd/solana_exporter/exporter.go
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c *SolanaCollector) collectVoteAccounts(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("Collecting vote accounts...")
 	voteAccounts, err := c.rpcClient.GetVoteAccounts(ctx, rpc.CommitmentConfirmed, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.logger.Errorf("failed to get vote accounts: %v", err)
@@ -176,11 +177,13 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) collectVoteAccounts(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- pro
 	for _, account := range voteAccounts.Delinquent {
 		ch <- c.ValidatorDelinquent.MustNewConstMetric(1, account.VotePubkey, account.NodePubkey)
 	}
+
+	c.logger.Info("Vote accounts collected.")
 }
 
 func (c *SolanaCollector) collectVersion(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("Collecting version...")
 	version, err := c.rpcClient.GetVersion(ctx)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		c.logger.Errorf("failed to get version: %v", err)
 		ch <- c.NodeVersion.NewInvalidMetric(err)
@@ -188,10 +191,11 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) collectVersion(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- promethe
 	}
 
 	ch <- c.NodeVersion.MustNewConstMetric(1, version)
+	c.logger.Info("Version collected.")
 }
 func (c *SolanaCollector) collectMinimumLedgerSlot(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("Collecting minimum ledger slot...")
 	slot, err := c.rpcClient.GetMinimumLedgerSlot(ctx)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		c.logger.Errorf("failed to get minimum lidger slot: %v", err)
 		ch <- c.NodeMinimumLedgerSlot.NewInvalidMetric(err)
@@ -199,10 +203,11 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) collectMinimumLedgerSlot(ctx context.Context, ch chan<
 	}
 
 	ch <- c.NodeMinimumLedgerSlot.MustNewConstMetric(float64(*slot), c.identity)
+	c.logger.Info("Minimum ledger slot collected.")
 }
 func (c *SolanaCollector) collectFirstAvailableBlock(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("Collecting first available block...")
 	block, err := c.rpcClient.GetFirstAvailableBlock(ctx)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		c.logger.Errorf("failed to get first available block: %v", err)
 		ch <- c.NodeFirstAvailableBlock.NewInvalidMetric(err)
@@ -210,9 +215,11 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) collectFirstAvailableBlock(ctx context.Context, ch cha
 	}
 
 	ch <- c.NodeFirstAvailableBlock.MustNewConstMetric(float64(*block), c.identity)
+	c.logger.Info("First available block collected.")
 }
 
 func (c *SolanaCollector) collectBalances(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("Collecting balances...")
 	balances, err := FetchBalances(ctx, c.rpcClient, c.balanceAddresses)
 	if err != nil {
 		c.logger.Errorf("failed to get balances: %v", err)
@@ -223,9 +230,11 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) collectBalances(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometh
 	for address, balance := range balances {
 		ch <- c.AccountBalances.MustNewConstMetric(balance, address)
 	}
+	c.logger.Info("Balances collected.")
 }
 
 func (c *SolanaCollector) collectHealth(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("Collecting health...")
 	var (
 		isHealthy      = 1
 		numSlotsBehind int64
@@ -260,11 +269,12 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) collectHealth(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheu
 
 	ch <- c.NodeIsHealthy.MustNewConstMetric(float64(isHealthy), c.identity)
 	ch <- c.NodeNumSlotsBehind.MustNewConstMetric(float64(numSlotsBehind), c.identity)
-
+	c.logger.Info("Health collected.")
 	return
 }
 
 func (c *SolanaCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	c.logger.Info("========== BEGIN COLLECTION ==========")
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -274,6 +284,8 @@ func (c *SolanaCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	c.collectHealth(ctx, ch)
 	c.collectMinimumLedgerSlot(ctx, ch)
 	c.collectFirstAvailableBlock(ctx, ch)
+
+	c.logger.Info("=========== END COLLECTION ===========")
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/cmd/solana_exporter/slots.go b/cmd/solana_exporter/slots.go
index 20458da..84900ee 100644
--- a/cmd/solana_exporter/slots.go
+++ b/cmd/solana_exporter/slots.go
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ func NewSlotWatcher(
 	monitorBlockSizes bool,
 ) *SlotWatcher {
 	logger := slog.Get()
+	logger.Infow(
+		"Creating slot watcher with ",
+		"nodekeys", nodekeys,
+		"votekeys", votekeys,
+		"identity", identity,
+		"comprehensiveSlotTracking", comprehensiveSlotTracking,
+		"monitorBlockSizes", monitorBlockSizes,
+	)
 	watcher := SlotWatcher{
 		client:                    client,
 		logger:                    logger,
@@ -141,7 +149,8 @@ func NewSlotWatcher(
 			[]string{IdentityLabel},
 		),
 	}
-	// register:
+	// register
+	logger.Info("Registering slot watcher metrics:")
 	for _, collector := range []prometheus.Collector{
 		watcher.TotalTransactionsMetric,
 		watcher.SlotHeightMetric,
@@ -174,7 +183,7 @@ func (c *SlotWatcher) WatchSlots(ctx context.Context, pace time.Duration) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(pace)
 	defer ticker.Stop()
 
-	c.logger.Infof("Starting slot watcher")
+	c.logger.Infof("Starting slot watcher, running every %v", pace)
 
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -281,6 +290,7 @@ func (c *SlotWatcher) trackEpoch(ctx context.Context, epoch *rpc.EpochInfo) {
 // closeCurrentEpoch is called when an epoch change-over happens, and we need to make sure we track the last
 // remaining slots in the "current" epoch before we start tracking the new one.
 func (c *SlotWatcher) closeCurrentEpoch(ctx context.Context, newEpoch *rpc.EpochInfo) {
+	c.logger.Infof("Closing current epoch %v, moving into epoch %v", c.currentEpoch, newEpoch.Epoch)
 	c.moveSlotWatermark(ctx, c.lastSlot)
 	c.trackEpoch(ctx, newEpoch)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/slog/main.go b/pkg/slog/main.go
index 24257bf..cb90a22 100644
--- a/pkg/slog/main.go
+++ b/pkg/slog/main.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package slog
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 var log *zap.SugaredLogger
@@ -11,10 +14,14 @@ var log *zap.SugaredLogger
 func Init() {
 	config := zap.NewProductionConfig()
 
-	// Configure the encoder to use ISO8601 time format
+	// configure:
 	config.EncoderConfig.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
+	config.Level = zap.NewAtomicLevelAt(getEnvLogLevel())
 
-	logger, _ := config.Build()
+	logger, err := config.Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("error initializing logger: %v", err))
+	}
 	log = logger.Sugar()
 }
 
@@ -27,3 +34,23 @@ func Get() *zap.SugaredLogger {
 func Sync() error {
 	return log.Sync()
 }
+
+func getEnvLogLevel() zapcore.Level {
+	level, ok := os.LookupEnv("LOG_LEVEL")
+	if !ok {
+		return zapcore.InfoLevel
+	}
+	switch strings.ToLower(level) {
+	case "debug":
+		return zapcore.DebugLevel
+	case "info":
+		return zapcore.InfoLevel
+	case "warn":
+		return zapcore.WarnLevel
+	case "error":
+		return zapcore.ErrorLevel
+	default:
+		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Unrecognised 'LOG_LEVEL' environment variable '%s', using 'info'", level))
+		return zapcore.InfoLevel
+	}
+}