diff --git a/js/models/messages.js b/js/models/messages.js
index 313678a26..866c5e04c 100644
--- a/js/models/messages.js
+++ b/js/models/messages.js
@@ -2222,8 +2222,11 @@
 
     async handleReaction(reaction) {
       const reactions = this.get('reactions') || [];
+      const messageId = this.idForLogging();
+      const count = reactions.length;
 
       if (reaction.get('remove')) {
+        window.log.info('Removing reaction for message', messageId);
         const newReactions = reactions.filter(
           re =>
             re.emoji !== reaction.get('emoji') ||
@@ -2231,6 +2234,7 @@
         );
         this.set({ reactions: newReactions });
       } else {
+        window.log.info('Adding reaction for message', messageId);
         const newReactions = reactions.filter(
           re => re.fromId !== reaction.get('fromId')
         );
@@ -2247,6 +2251,11 @@
         }
       }
 
+      const newCount = this.get('reactions').length;
+      window.log.info(
+        `Done processing reaction for message ${messageId}. Went from ${count} to ${newCount} reactions.`
+      );
+
       await window.Signal.Data.saveMessage(this.attributes, {
         Message: Whisper.Message,
       });