diff --git a/src/backend/backendmodule.js b/src/backend/backendmodule.js
index c9cfd8bc..6c7170a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/backendmodule.js
+++ b/src/backend/backendmodule.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class BackendModule {
     }
 
     initConfig() {
+        logger.initialize(null, null, LegacyConfig.get('debug'));
         try {
             this.backendConfig = loadFromToml(BackendConfiguration, BACKEND_CONFIG_PATH);
         } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/backend/proxyinterceptor.js b/src/backend/proxyinterceptor.js
index 95119525..ce133c8d 100644
--- a/src/backend/proxyinterceptor.js
+++ b/src/backend/proxyinterceptor.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default class ProxyInterceptor {
             return;
         }
 
+        logger.info(`Got proxy connection from ${socket.endpoint}`);
         this.frontendConnections[socket.endpoint] = socket;
         socket.on('close', this.onFrontendDisconnect.bind(this, socket));
         socket.on('SocketConnectEvent', this.onSocketConnect.bind(this, socket));