diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Export/IndexController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Export/IndexController.php
index 267f827a27..8ab072fb12 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Export/IndexController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Export/IndexController.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Support\Export\ExportDataGenerator;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response as LaravelResponse;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 
 /**
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
 
             return redirect(route('export.index'));
         }
+        Log::debug('Will export from the UI.');
 
         /** @var ExportDataGenerator $generator */
         $generator = app(ExportDataGenerator::class);
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
         $firstDate->subYear();
         $journal   = $this->journalRepository->firstNull();
         if (null !== $journal) {
+            Log::debug('First journal is NULL, using today() - 1 year.');
             $firstDate = clone $journal->date;
         }
         $generator->setStart($firstDate);
diff --git a/app/Support/Export/ExportDataGenerator.php b/app/Support/Export/ExportDataGenerator.php
index c50b9b28d2..3b86d45ec9 100644
--- a/app/Support/Export/ExportDataGenerator.php
+++ b/app/Support/Export/ExportDataGenerator.php
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class ExportDataGenerator
      */
     private function exportTransactions(): string
     {
+        Log::debug('Will now export transactions.');
         // TODO better place for keys?
         $header     = ['user_id', 'group_id', 'journal_id', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'group_title', 'type', 'currency_code', 'amount', 'foreign_currency_code', 'foreign_amount', 'native_currency_code', 'native_amount', 'native_foreign_amount', 'description', 'date', 'source_name', 'source_iban', 'source_type', 'destination_name', 'destination_iban', 'destination_type', 'reconciled', 'category', 'budget', 'bill', 'tags', 'notes'];