diff --git a/src/Service/MQTTClient.php b/src/Service/MQTTClient.php
index 23a0f140..fe27cd64 100644
--- a/src/Service/MQTTClient.php
+++ b/src/Service/MQTTClient.php
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ class MQTTClient
 
         $sessions = $job_order->getCustomer()->getMobileSessions();
         if (count($sessions) == 0)
+        {
+            error_log("no sessions to send mqtt event to");
             return;
+        {
 
         // send to every customer session
         foreach ($sessions as $sess)
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ class MQTTClient
             $phone_num = $sess->getPhoneNumber();
             $channel = self::PREFIX . $phone_num;
             $this->publish($channel, json_encode($payload));
+
+            error_log("sent to $channel");
         }
     }