diff --git a/filestore.go b/filestore.go
index d7500a5c258285f24f40a686b503285304a4ed1a..d55a0c40f5620e951229b10d8a6fe40c96a031ba 100644
--- a/filestore.go
+++ b/filestore.go
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv/portableOS"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
+
+	jww "github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv/portableOS"
 )
 
+const enableInsecureDebugging = true
+
 // Filestore implements an ekv by reading and writing to files in a
 // directory.
 type Filestore struct {
@@ -184,6 +189,13 @@ func (f *Filestore) getData(key string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if err == nil {
 		decryptedContents, err = decrypt(encryptedContents, f.password)
 	}
+
+	if enableInsecureDebugging {
+		jww.TRACE.Printf("[EKV] Get %s -> %s, ciphertet %d bytes, "+
+			"encrypted %d bytes", encryptedKey, key,
+			len(encryptedContents),
+			len(decryptedContents))
+	}
 	return decryptedContents, errors.WithStack(err)
 }
 
@@ -191,6 +203,12 @@ func (f *Filestore) setData(key string, data []byte) error {
 	encryptedKey := f.getKey(key)
 	encryptedContents := encrypt(data, f.password, f.csprng)
 
+	if enableInsecureDebugging {
+		jww.TRACE.Printf("[EKV] Set %s -> %s, ciphertet %d bytes, "+
+			"encrypted %d bytes", key, encryptedKey, len(data),
+			len(encryptedContents))
+	}
+
 	lck := f.getLock(encryptedKey)
 	lck.Lock()
 	defer lck.Unlock()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a690b32a693ff0b11ce92748844b87820b0212c1..765167b48b8eead7bdfa4bbbd31cfc3144581991 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220518034528-6f7dac969898
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39d0193a9af2a6e556fd559686dd9593de5547cb..230841740241486239cfb3fe19f40a28bcaa9ff2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmqnqMYADFk=
+github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220518034528-6f7dac969898 h1:SLP7Q4Di66FONjDJbCYrCRrh97focO6sLogHO7/g8F0=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220518034528-6f7dac969898/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=