diff --git a/rust/agents/validator/src/submit.rs b/rust/agents/validator/src/submit.rs
index 284dd4205c..b94b5781a1 100644
--- a/rust/agents/validator/src/submit.rs
+++ b/rust/agents/validator/src/submit.rs
@@ -216,14 +216,20 @@ impl ValidatorSubmitter {
             bail!("Incorrect tree root, something went wrong");
         }
 
-        debug!(index = checkpoint.index, "Reached tree consistency");
+        if !checkpoint_queue.is_empty() {
+            info!(
+                index = checkpoint.index,
+                queue_len = checkpoint_queue.len(),
+                "Reached tree consistency"
+            );
 
-        self.sign_and_submit_checkpoints(checkpoint_queue).await?;
+            self.sign_and_submit_checkpoints(checkpoint_queue).await?;
 
-        info!(
-            index = checkpoint.index,
-            "Signed all queued checkpoints until index"
-        );
+            info!(
+                index = checkpoint.index,
+                "Signed all queued checkpoints until index"
+            );
+        }
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/rust/hyperlane-base/src/settings/trace/mod.rs b/rust/hyperlane-base/src/settings/trace/mod.rs
index 954843d0d5..a8d835494e 100644
--- a/rust/hyperlane-base/src/settings/trace/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/hyperlane-base/src/settings/trace/mod.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ impl TracingConfig {
                 .with_target("hyper", Level::Info)
                 .with_target("rusoto_core", Level::Info)
                 .with_target("reqwest", Level::Info)
+                .with_target("h2", Level::Info)
+                .with_target("tower", Level::Info)
+                .with_target("tendermint", Level::Info)
                 .with_target("tokio", Level::Debug)
                 .with_target("tokio_util", Level::Debug)
                 .with_target("ethers_providers", Level::Debug);