diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffd2931..5a02af6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ tokio-native-tls = "0.3.1"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 trust-dns-resolver = "0.22.0"
 try_map = "0.3.1"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+test-log = { version = "0.2", features = ["trace"] }
+env_logger = "*"
+tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"]}
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 31f8012..48e0556 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ docs: jabber
 docs: starttls
 docs: sasl
 docs: resource binding
-feature: logging
 feature: starttls
 feature: sasl
 feature: resource binding
 
 ## in progress
 
+feature: logging
 
 ## done
 
diff --git a/src/connection.rs b/src/connection.rs
index 24f7745..ccc2ae7 100644
--- a/src/connection.rs
+++ b/src/connection.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 use tokio_native_tls::native_tls::TlsConnector;
 // TODO: use rustls
 use tokio_native_tls::TlsStream;
+use tracing::{debug, info, instrument, trace};
 
 use crate::Jabber;
 use crate::JabberError;
@@ -34,12 +35,16 @@ impl Connection {
     //     Self::connect(&server, jid.try_into()?, Some(auth)).await
     // }
 
+    #[instrument]
     async fn connect(server: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        info!("connecting to {}", server);
         let sockets = Self::get_sockets(&server).await;
+        debug!("discovered sockets: {:?}", sockets);
         for (socket_addr, tls) in sockets {
             match tls {
                 true => {
                     if let Ok(connection) = Self::connect_tls(socket_addr, &server).await {
+                        info!("connected via encrypted stream to {}", socket_addr);
                         let (readhalf, writehalf) = tokio::io::split(connection);
                         return Ok(Self::Encrypted(Jabber::new(
                             readhalf,
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ impl Connection {
                 }
                 false => {
                     if let Ok(connection) = Self::connect_unencrypted(socket_addr).await {
+                        info!("connected via unencrypted stream to {}", socket_addr);
                         let (readhalf, writehalf) = tokio::io::split(connection);
                         return Ok(Self::Unencrypted(Jabber::new(
                             readhalf,
@@ -67,13 +73,16 @@ impl Connection {
         Err(JabberError::Connection)
     }
 
-    async fn get_sockets(domain: &str) -> Vec<(SocketAddr, bool)> {
+    #[instrument]
+    async fn get_sockets(address: &str) -> Vec<(SocketAddr, bool)> {
         let mut socket_addrs = Vec::new();
 
         // if it's a socket/ip then just return that
 
         // socket
-        if let Ok(socket_addr) = SocketAddr::from_str(domain) {
+        trace!("checking if address is a socket address");
+        if let Ok(socket_addr) = SocketAddr::from_str(address) {
+            debug!("{} is a socket address", address);
             match socket_addr.port() {
                 5223 => socket_addrs.push((socket_addr, true)),
                 _ => socket_addrs.push((socket_addr, false)),
@@ -82,16 +91,19 @@ impl Connection {
             return socket_addrs;
         }
         // ip
-        if let Ok(ip) = IpAddr::from_str(domain) {
+        trace!("checking if address is an ip");
+        if let Ok(ip) = IpAddr::from_str(address) {
+            debug!("{} is an ip", address);
             socket_addrs.push((SocketAddr::new(ip, 5222), false));
             socket_addrs.push((SocketAddr::new(ip, 5223), true));
             return socket_addrs;
         }
 
         // otherwise resolve
+        debug!("resolving {}", address);
         if let Ok(resolver) = trust_dns_resolver::AsyncResolver::tokio_from_system_conf() {
             if let Ok(lookup) = resolver
-                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpp-client._tcp.{}", domain))
+                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpp-client._tcp.{}", address))
                 .await
             {
                 for srv in lookup {
@@ -106,7 +118,7 @@ impl Connection {
                 }
             }
             if let Ok(lookup) = resolver
-                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpps-client._tcp.{}", domain))
+                .srv_lookup(format!("_xmpps-client._tcp.{}", address))
                 .await
             {
                 for srv in lookup {
@@ -122,7 +134,7 @@ impl Connection {
             }
 
             // in case cannot connect through SRV records
-            resolver.lookup_ip(domain).await.map(|ips| {
+            resolver.lookup_ip(address).await.map(|ips| {
                 for ip in ips {
                     socket_addrs.push((SocketAddr::new(ip, 5222), false));
                     socket_addrs.push((SocketAddr::new(ip, 5223), true));
@@ -133,6 +145,7 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     /// establishes a connection to the server
+    #[instrument]
     pub async fn connect_tls(socket_addr: SocketAddr, domain_name: &str) -> Result<Tls> {
         let socket = TcpStream::connect(socket_addr)
             .await
@@ -144,6 +157,7 @@ impl Connection {
             .map_err(|_| JabberError::Connection)
     }
 
+    #[instrument]
     pub async fn connect_unencrypted(socket_addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<Unencrypted> {
         TcpStream::connect(socket_addr)
             .await
@@ -154,8 +168,9 @@ impl Connection {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use test_log::test;
 
-    #[tokio::test]
+    #[test(tokio::test)]
     async fn connect() {
         Connection::connect("blos.sm").await.unwrap();
     }