diff --git a/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_images.py b/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_images.py
index 94cfd99..5133b7a 100644
--- a/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_images.py
+++ b/xos/openstack_observer/steps/sync_images.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 from xos.config import Config
 from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
 from core.models.image import Image
+from util.logger import Logger, logging
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
 class SyncImages(OpenStackSyncStep):
     provides=[Image]
@@ -14,11 +17,14 @@
         # Images come from the back end
         # You can't delete them
         if (deleted):
+            logger.info("SyncImages: returning because deleted=True")
             return []
 
         # get list of images on disk
         images_path = Config().observer_images_directory
 
+        logger.info("SyncImages: deleted=False, images_path=%s" % images_path)
+
         available_images = {}
         if os.path.exists(images_path):
             for f in os.listdir(images_path):
@@ -26,6 +32,8 @@
                 if os.path.isfile(filename):
                     available_images[f] = filename
 
+        logger.info("SyncImages: available_images = %s" % str(available_images))
+
         images = Image.objects.all()
         image_names = [image.name for image in images]
 
@@ -33,6 +41,7 @@
             #remove file extension
             clean_name = ".".join(image_name.split('.')[:-1])
             if clean_name not in image_names:
+                logger.info("SyncImages: adding %s" % clean_name)
                 image = Image(name=clean_name,
                               disk_format='raw',
                               container_format='bare',