diff --git a/src/tawashi/cgi_post.cpp b/src/tawashi/cgi_post.cpp
index 3fea03a..35c90ba 100644
--- a/src/tawashi/cgi_post.cpp
+++ b/src/tawashi/cgi_post.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 #include "split_get_vars.hpp"
 #include "escapist.hpp"
 #include "sanitized_utf8.hpp"
+#include "spdlog.hpp"
+#if defined(SPDLOG_DEBUG_ON)
+#	include "truncated_string.hpp"
+#endif
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -80,6 +84,11 @@ namespace tawashi {
 				original_data = read_n(parSrc, input_len);
 				Escapist houdini;
 				for (auto& itm : split_env_vars(original_data)) {
+#if defined(SPDLOG_DEBUG_ON)
+					if (itm.first == "pastie") {
+						spdlog::get("statuslog")->debug("Raw pastie from POST, size={}: \"{}\"", itm.second.size(), truncated_string(itm.second, 30));
+					}
+#endif
 					std::string key(houdini.unescape_url(itm.first));
 					std::string val(houdini.unescape_url(itm.second));
 					map[std::move(key)] = std::move(val);
diff --git a/src/tawashi/storage.cpp b/src/tawashi/storage.cpp
index ae5ba1a..9a4d0d1 100644
--- a/src/tawashi/storage.cpp
+++ b/src/tawashi/storage.cpp
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@
 #include "tawashi_config.h"
 #include "duckhandy/stringize.h"
 #include "spdlog.hpp"
+#include "truncated_string.hpp"
 #include <cassert>
 #include <ciso646>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace tawashi {
 	namespace {
@@ -104,6 +106,15 @@ namespace tawashi {
 			return make_submission_result(ErrorReasons::UserFlooding);
 		}
 
+		auto statuslog = spdlog::get("statuslog");
+		if (statuslog->should_log(spdlog::level::info)) {
+			statuslog->info(
+				"Submitting pastie of size {} to redis -> \"{}\"",
+				parText.size(),
+				truncated_string(parText, 30)
+			);
+		}
+
 		const auto next_id = redis.incr("paste_counter");
 		std::string token = num_to_token(next_id);
 		assert(not token.empty());