diff --git a/client/src/app.rs b/client/src/app.rs
index 6bcdf3e..04d05a1 100644
--- a/client/src/app.rs
+++ b/client/src/app.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use tokio::{sync::mpsc, sync::broadcast, task::JoinHandle};
 use tokio_stream::StreamExt as _;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::{ReceiverStream, BroadcastStream};
 use tonic::Request;
-use tracing::{info, warn, error};
+use tracing::{info, warn, error, debug};
 
 use navka_common::navka::{relay_client::RelayClient, HidReport};
 use crate::input::inputs::InputAggregator;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl NavkaClientApp {
     async fn reconnect_loop(&self) {
         loop {
             // dial the servers
-            info!("Dialing server at: {}", self.server_addr);
+            info!("📞 dialling {}", self.server_addr);
             let mut client = match RelayClient::connect(self.server_addr.clone()).await {
                 Ok(c) => c,
                 Err(e) => {
@@ -105,9 +105,12 @@ impl NavkaClientApp {
             };
 
             // fresh reader over the *same* broadcast channel
-            let outbound = BroadcastStream::new(self.tx.subscribe()).filter_map(|r| async { r.ok() });
+            let mut rx = self.tx.subscribe();
+            let outbound = BroadcastStream::new(rx.clone()).filter_map(|r| async { r.ok() });
+
+            info!("🛫 spawning stream()");
             let response = match client.stream(Request::new(outbound)).await {
-                Ok(r) => r,
+                Ok(r) => { info!("✅ stream established"); r },
                 Err(e) => {
                     error!("stream RPC error: {e}, sleeping 1s");
                     tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ impl NavkaClientApp {
             while let Some(res) = inbound.message().await.transpose() {
                 match res {
                     Ok(report) => {
-                        tracing::debug!(?report.kind, "server inbound");
+                        debug!(?report.kind, "↩️  echo from server");
                     },
                     Err(e) => {
                         error!("Inbound error: {e}");
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ impl NavkaClientApp {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            warn!("Diconnected. Inbound ended. Will try to reconnect in 1s");
+            warn!("🔌 disconnected – retrying in 1 s");
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
         }
     }
diff --git a/client/src/input/keyboard.rs b/client/src/input/keyboard.rs
index d3dad3b..ac49118 100644
--- a/client/src/input/keyboard.rs
+++ b/client/src/input/keyboard.rs
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ impl KeyboardAggregator {
 
         match self.tx.try_send(msg.clone()) {
             Ok(n) => {
-                tracing::trace!("queued → {} receiver(s)", n);
+                info!("📤 sent HID report → {n} subscriber(s)");
             }
             Err(e) => {
-                tracing::warn!("try_send dropped report ({e}); falling back to send()");
+                tracing::warn!("❌ try_send failed: {e}");
                 let _ = self.tx.send(msg);
             }
         }
diff --git a/client/src/main.rs b/client/src/main.rs
index ec97b3e..f9bba3e 100644
--- a/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use std::env;
 use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::__tracing_subscriber_SubscriberExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -37,4 +38,21 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     let mut app = NavkaClientApp::new()?;
     app.run().await
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+fmt()
+    .with_env_filter(
+        // honour RUST_LOG but fall back to very chatty defaults
+        EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new(
+                // component‑level granularity
+                "navka_client=trace,\
+                 navka_server=trace,\
+                 tonic=debug,\
+                 h2=debug,\
+                 tower=debug"))
+    )
+    .with_target(true)           // show module path
+    .with_thread_ids(true)
+    .with_file(true)
+    .init();
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 096554d..208813b 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use tokio::{fs::{File, OpenOptions}, io::AsyncWriteExt, sync::Mutex};
 use tokio_stream::{wrappers::ReceiverStream, Stream, StreamExt};
 use tonic::{transport::Server, Request, Response, Status};
 use tracing::{info, error};
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
 
 use navka_common::navka::{
     relay_server::{Relay, RelayServer},
@@ -40,23 +41,26 @@ impl Relay for Handler {
                 match msg.kind {
                     Some(hid_report::Kind::KeyboardReport(ref v)) if v.len() == 8 => {
                         kb.lock().await.write_all(v).await?;
+                        trace!("  └─ wrote 8 B to /dev/hidg0");
                     }
                     Some(hid_report::Kind::MouseReport(ref v)) if v.len() == 4 => {
                         ms.lock().await.write_all(v).await?;
+                        trace!("  └─ wrote 4 B to /dev/hidg1");
                     }
                     _ => {
+                        error!(?msg.kind, "⚠️  malformed packet");
                         let bad_len = match &msg.kind {
                             Some(hid_report::Kind::KeyboardReport(v)) => v.len(),
                             Some(hid_report::Kind::MouseReport(v))    => v.len(),
                             _                                                => 0,
                         };
-                        error!("bad {:?} packet len={}", msg.kind, bad_len); 
                         continue;
                     }
                 }
                 info!("HID report forwarded");
                 let _ = tx.send(Ok(msg)).await;
             }
+            info!("🔚 client stream closed");
             Ok::<_, Status>(())
         });
 
@@ -94,3 +98,20 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .await?;
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fmt()
+    .with_env_filter(
+        // honour RUST_LOG but fall back to very chatty defaults
+        EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new(
+                // component‑level granularity
+                "navka_client=trace,\
+                 navka_server=trace,\
+                 tonic=debug,\
+                 h2=debug,\
+                 tower=debug"))
+    )
+    .with_target(true)           // show module path
+    .with_thread_ids(true)
+    .with_file(true)
+    .init();