diff --git a/internal/repomaint/repomaint.go b/internal/repomaint/repomaint.go
index 1cfa45f..a8ff5a3 100644
--- a/internal/repomaint/repomaint.go
+++ b/internal/repomaint/repomaint.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package repomaint
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -42,26 +43,32 @@ func (r *RepoSync) Sync() error {
 
 	for _, repo := range r.repos {
 		// create map of pkgname to filenames from current db
+		slog.Info("getting list of cached pkgs", "repo", repo)
 		cachedPkgs, err := r.buildMap(repo)
 		if err != nil {
 			// pass through to cover initialization of repos
 			slog.Warn("failed to read current db", "err", err)
 		}
+		fmt.Printf("cached pkgs: %v", cachedPkgs)
 
 		// call cache db fetch
+		slog.Info("refreshing databases")
 		if err := r.c.FetchDB(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		// pkgsToUpdate slice contains relative paths like
 		// <repo>/os/<arch>/filename
+		slog.Info("checking for updates")
 		pkgsToUpdate, err := r.updatablePkgs(repo, cachedPkgs)
 		if err != nil {
 			slog.Warn("failed to get updatable pkgs list", "err", err)
 			return err
 		}
+		fmt.Printf("updatable pkgs: %v", pkgsToUpdate)
 
 		for _, fileName := range pkgsToUpdate {
+			slog.Debug("fetching pkgs", "pkg", fileName)
 			path := filepath.Join(repo, repoArch, fileName)
 			_, err := r.c.Fetch(path)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ func (r *RepoSync) Sync() error {
 			}
 
 		}
+		slog.Info("finished pkg update")
 
 		// call cache cleanup
 	}