diff --git a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
index 80eeba11895..72b48e9a202 100644
--- a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
@@ -1009,8 +1009,8 @@ PeerImp::onMessageBegin(
     std::size_t uncompressed_size,
     bool isCompressed)
 {
-    load_event_ =
-        app_.getJobQueue().makeLoadEvent(jtPEER, protocolMessageName(type));
+    auto const type_name = protocolMessageName(type);
+    load_event_ = app_.getJobQueue().makeLoadEvent(jtPEER, type_name);
     fee_ = Resource::feeLightPeer;
     auto const category = TrafficCount::categorize(*m, type, true);
     overlay_.reportTraffic(category, true, static_cast<int>(size));
@@ -1031,8 +1031,9 @@ PeerImp::onMessageBegin(
         overlay_.addTxMetrics(
             static_cast<MessageType>(type), static_cast<std::uint64_t>(size));
     }
-    JLOG(journal_.trace()) << "onMessageBegin: " << type << " " << size << " "
-                           << uncompressed_size << " " << isCompressed;
+    JLOG(journal_.debug()) << "onMessageBegin: " << type_name << "(" << type
+                           << ") " << size << " " << uncompressed_size << " "
+                           << isCompressed;
 }
 
 void