diff --git a/server/bleep/src/agent.rs b/server/bleep/src/agent.rs
index e141168c2c..36d903dcbe 100644
--- a/server/bleep/src/agent.rs
+++ b/server/bleep/src/agent.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,14 @@ impl Agent {
             .try_fold(
                 llm_gateway::api::FunctionCall::default(),
                 |acc, e| async move {
-                    let e: FunctionCall = serde_json::from_str(&e)?;
+                    let e: FunctionCall = serde_json::from_str(&e).map_err(|err| {
+                        tracing::error!(
+                            "Failed to deserialize to FunctionCall: {:?}. Error: {:?}",
+                            e,
+                            err
+                        );
+                        err
+                    })?;
                     Ok(FunctionCall {
                         name: acc.name.or(e.name),
                         arguments: acc.arguments + &e.arguments,
diff --git a/server/bleep/src/indexes/file.rs b/server/bleep/src/indexes/file.rs
index f6b8b84cb4..43ab6b911c 100644
--- a/server/bleep/src/indexes/file.rs
+++ b/server/bleep/src/indexes/file.rs
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ impl RepoFile {
         let mut buffer = match self.buffer() {
             Ok(b) => b,
             Err(err) => {
-                error!(?err, "failed to open file buffer; skipping file");
+                warn!(?err, "failed to open file buffer; skipping file");
                 return None;
             }
         };
diff --git a/server/bleep/src/webserver/answer.rs b/server/bleep/src/webserver/answer.rs
index bf74ddf7ba..8a4ee4f65e 100644
--- a/server/bleep/src/webserver/answer.rs
+++ b/server/bleep/src/webserver/answer.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use axum::{
 use futures::{future::Either, stream, StreamExt};
 use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use serde_json::json;
-use tracing::{error, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
 
 use self::conversations::ConversationId;
 
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ pub(super) async fn answer(
     Extension(app): Extension<Application>,
     Extension(user): Extension<User>,
 ) -> super::Result<impl IntoResponse> {
+    info!(?params.q, "handling /answer query");
     let query_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4();
 
     let conversation_id = ConversationId {
@@ -135,6 +136,8 @@ pub(super) async fn answer(
         .clone()
         .into_owned();
 
+    debug!(?query_target, "parsed query target");
+
     let action = Action::Query(query_target);
     exchanges.push(Exchange::new(query_id, query));