diff --git a/federation/inbound.py b/federation/inbound.py
index 1010619..245d99b 100644
--- a/federation/inbound.py
+++ b/federation/inbound.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import importlib
+import logging
 
 from federation.exceptions import NoSuitableProtocolFoundError
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("social-federation")
+
 PROTOCOLS = (
     "diaspora",
 )
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ def handle_receive(payload, user=None, sender_key_fetcher=None, skip_author_veri
         sender_key_fetcher (optional, func)         - Function that accepts sender handle and returns public key
         skip_author_verification (optional, bool)   - Don't verify sender (test purposes, false default)
     """
+    logger.debug("handle_receive: processing payload: %s", payload)
     found_protocol = None
     for protocol_name in PROTOCOLS:
         protocol = importlib.import_module("federation.protocols.%s.protocol" % protocol_name)
@@ -24,13 +28,16 @@ def handle_receive(payload, user=None, sender_key_fetcher=None, skip_author_veri
             break
 
     if found_protocol:
+        logger.debug("handle_receive: using protocol %s", found_protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME)
         protocol = found_protocol.Protocol()
         sender, message = protocol.receive(
             payload, user, sender_key_fetcher, skip_author_verification=skip_author_verification)
+        logger.debug("handle_receive: sender %s, message %s", sender, message)
     else:
         raise NoSuitableProtocolFoundError()
 
     mappers = importlib.import_module("federation.entities.%s.mappers" % found_protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME)
     entities = mappers.message_to_objects(message)
+    logger.debug("handle_receive: entities %s", entities)
 
     return sender, found_protocol.PROTOCOL_NAME, entities
diff --git a/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py b/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py
index bf88f3f..9767eb3 100644
--- a/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py
+++ b/federation/protocols/diaspora/protocol.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import logging
 from base64 import b64decode, urlsafe_b64decode, b64encode, urlsafe_b64encode
 from json import loads, dumps
 from urllib.parse import unquote_plus, quote_plus, urlencode
@@ -13,10 +14,10 @@ from lxml import etree
 from federation.exceptions import EncryptedMessageError, NoHeaderInMessageError, NoSenderKeyFoundError
 from federation.protocols.base import BaseProtocol
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("social-federation")
 
 PROTOCOL_NAME = "diaspora"
 PROTOCOL_NS = "https://joindiaspora.com/protocol"
-USER_AGENT = 'social-federation/diaspora/0.1'
 
 
 def identify_payload(payload):
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class Protocol(BaseProtocol):
         # Prepare payload
         xml = unquote_plus(payload)
         xml = xml.lstrip().encode("utf-8")
+        logger.debug("diaspora.protocol.receive: xml content: %s", xml)
         self.doc = etree.fromstring(xml)
         self.find_header()
         # Open payload and get actual message