diff --git a/services/pddb/src/backend/basis.rs b/services/pddb/src/backend/basis.rs
index c6735fea1..12d0db282 100644
--- a/services/pddb/src/backend/basis.rs
+++ b/services/pddb/src/backend/basis.rs
@@ -1570,6 +1570,7 @@ impl BasisCacheEntry {
                         }
                     }
                     // generate nonce and write out
+                    log::debug!("patching pp {:x?} with aad {:x?}, data {:x?}", pp, self.aad, &page[..256]);
                     hw.data_encrypt_and_patch_page(&self.cipher, &self.aad, &mut page, &pp);
 
                     // 4. Check for dirty keys, if there are still some, update vpage_num to target them; otherwise
@@ -1594,6 +1595,7 @@ impl BasisCacheEntry {
             }
             Ok(())
         } else {
+            log::error!("dict sync could not happen, dictionary name invalid!");
             Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::NotFound, "dict_sync called with an invalid dictionary name"))
         }
     }
diff --git a/services/pddb/src/backend/hw.rs b/services/pddb/src/backend/hw.rs
index f025daac5..a76e24b47 100644
--- a/services/pddb/src/backend/hw.rs
+++ b/services/pddb/src/backend/hw.rs
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ impl PddbOs {
     /// exactly to the first entry in the page table
     pub(crate) fn patch_data(&self, data: &[u8], offset: u32) {
         log::trace!("patch offset: {:x} len: {:x}", offset, data.len());
+        // log::trace!("patch bef: {:x?}", &self.pddb_mr.as_slice::<u8>()[offset as usize + self.data_phys_base.as_usize()..offset as usize + self.data_phys_base.as_usize() + 48]);
         assert!(data.len() + offset as usize <= PDDB_A_LEN - self.data_phys_base.as_usize(), "attempt to store past disk boundary");
         self.spinor.patch(
             self.pddb_mr.as_slice(),
@@ -380,6 +381,8 @@ impl PddbOs {
             &data,
             offset + self.data_phys_base.as_u32(),
         ).expect("couldn't write to data region in the PDDB");
+        //log::trace!("patch aft: {:x?}", &self.pddb_mr.as_slice::<u8>()[offset as usize + self.data_phys_base.as_usize()..offset as usize + self.data_phys_base.as_usize() + 48]);
+        //log::trace!("patch end: {:x?}", &self.pddb_mr.as_slice::<u8>()[offset as usize + self.data_phys_base.as_usize() + 4048..offset as usize + self.data_phys_base.as_usize() + 4096])
     }
     fn patch_pagetable(&self, data: &[u8], offset: u32) {
         if cfg!(feature = "mbbb") {
@@ -1620,6 +1623,7 @@ impl PddbOs {
                 msg: &data,
             }
         ).expect("couldn't encrypt data");
+        // log::trace!("calling patch. nonce {:x?}, ct {:x?}, data {:x?}", nonce.as_slice(), &ciphertext[..32], &data[..32]);
         self.patch_data(&[nonce.as_slice(), &ciphertext].concat(), pp.page_number() * PAGE_SIZE as u32);
     }