diff --git a/backend/src/plugins/WelcomeMessage/events/SendWelcomeMessageEvt.ts b/backend/src/plugins/WelcomeMessage/events/SendWelcomeMessageEvt.ts
index ad5b135d..25ddbd05 100644
--- a/backend/src/plugins/WelcomeMessage/events/SendWelcomeMessageEvt.ts
+++ b/backend/src/plugins/WelcomeMessage/events/SendWelcomeMessageEvt.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const SendWelcomeMessageEvt = welcomeEvent({
       if (!dmChannel) return;
 
       try {
+        console.log(`Sending welcome message to ${member.id}`);
         await createChunkedMessage(dmChannel, formatted);
       } catch (e) {
         pluginData.state.logs.log(LogType.BOT_ALERT, {
diff --git a/backend/src/utils.ts b/backend/src/utils.ts
index fb2875e5..79c99ace 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils.ts
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ export async function notifyUser(
   for (const method of methods) {
     if (method.type === "dm") {
       try {
+        console.log(`Notifying user ${user.id} via DM`);
         const dmChannel = await user.getDMChannel();
         await dmChannel.createMessage(body);
         return {