diff --git a/impl/internal/did/client_test.go b/impl/internal/did/client_test.go
index bb845d1e..42ceecd3 100644
--- a/impl/internal/did/client_test.go
+++ b/impl/internal/did/client_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
-	client, err := NewGatewayClient("http://localhost:8305")
+	client, err := NewGatewayClient("https://diddht.tbddev.org")
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotNil(t, client)
diff --git a/impl/pkg/service/pkarr.go b/impl/pkg/service/pkarr.go
index 1d677d21..6e095dbc 100644
--- a/impl/pkg/service/pkarr.go
+++ b/impl/pkg/service/pkarr.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (s *PkarrService) PublishPkarr(ctx context.Context, id string, record pkarr
 	if err = s.cache.Set(id, recordBytes); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	logrus.WithContext(ctx).WithField("record", id).Debug("added pkarr record to cache and db")
 
 	// return here and put it in the DHT asynchronously
 	go func() {
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ func (s *PkarrService) PublishPkarr(ctx context.Context, id string, record pkarr
 
 		if _, err = s.dht.Put(putCtx, record.BEP44()); err != nil {
 			logrus.WithContext(ctx).WithError(err).Errorf("error from dht.Put for record: %s", id)
+		} else {
+			logrus.WithContext(ctx).WithField("record", id).Debug("put pkarr record to DHT")
 		}
 	}()