diff --git a/src/daft-io/src/object_io.rs b/src/daft-io/src/object_io.rs
index 3e624cb27f..98bc23de31 100644
--- a/src/daft-io/src/object_io.rs
+++ b/src/daft-io/src/object_io.rs
@@ -116,17 +116,21 @@ pub(crate) async fn recursive_iter(
     source: Arc<dyn ObjectSource>,
     uri: &str,
 ) -> super::Result<BoxStream<super::Result<FileMetadata>>> {
+    log::debug!(target: "recursive_iter", "starting recursive_iter: with top level of: {uri}");
     let (to_rtn_tx, mut to_rtn_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(16 * 1024);
     fn add_to_channel(
         source: Arc<dyn ObjectSource>,
         tx: Sender<super::Result<FileMetadata>>,
         dir: String,
     ) {
+        log::debug!(target: "recursive_iter", "recursive_iter: spawning task to list: {dir}");
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let s = source.iter_dir(&dir, None, None).await;
+            log::debug!(target: "recursive_iter", "started listing task for {dir}");
             let mut s = match s {
                 Ok(s) => s,
                 Err(e) => {
+                    log::debug!(target: "recursive_iter", "Error occurred when listing {dir}\nerror:\n{e}");
                     tx.send(Err(e)).await.map_err(|se| {
                         super::Error::UnableToSendDataOverChannel { source: se.into() }
                     })?;
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn recursive_iter(
                     .await
                     .map_err(|e| super::Error::UnableToSendDataOverChannel { source: e.into() })?;
             }
+            log::debug!(target: "recursive_iter", "completed listing task for {dir}");
             super::Result::Ok(())
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/daft-io/src/s3_like.rs b/src/daft-io/src/s3_like.rs
index 22f4db2967..2b4614e110 100644
--- a/src/daft-io/src/s3_like.rs
+++ b/src/daft-io/src/s3_like.rs
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ impl S3LikeSource {
         range: Option<Range<usize>>,
         region: &Region,
     ) -> super::Result<GetResult> {
+        log::debug!("S3 get at {uri}, range: {range:?}, in region: {region}");
         let parsed = url::Url::parse(uri).with_context(|_| InvalidUrlSnafu { path: uri })?;
         let bucket = match parsed.host_str() {
             Some(s) => Ok(s),
@@ -362,6 +363,7 @@ impl S3LikeSource {
         }?;
         let key = parsed.path();
         if let Some(key) = key.strip_prefix('/') {
+            log::debug!("S3 get parsed uri: {uri} into Bucket: {bucket}, Key: {key}");
             let request = self
                 .get_s3_client(region)
                 .await?
@@ -461,6 +463,7 @@ impl S3LikeSource {
         uri: &str,
         region: &Region,
     ) -> super::Result<usize> {
+        log::debug!("S3 head at {uri} in region: {region}");
         let parsed = url::Url::parse(uri).with_context(|_| InvalidUrlSnafu { path: uri })?;
 
         let bucket = match parsed.host_str() {
@@ -472,6 +475,7 @@ impl S3LikeSource {
         }?;
         let key = parsed.path();
         if let Some(key) = key.strip_prefix('/') {
+            log::debug!("S3 head parsed uri: {uri} into Bucket: {bucket}, Key: {key}");
             let request = self
                 .get_s3_client(region)
                 .await?
@@ -547,6 +551,7 @@ impl S3LikeSource {
         continuation_token: Option<String>,
         region: &Region,
     ) -> super::Result<LSResult> {
+        log::debug!("S3 list_objects: Bucket: {bucket}, Key: {key}, continuation_token: {continuation_token:?} in region: {region}");
         let request = self
             .get_s3_client(region)
             .await?