diff --git a/native/jni/org_futo_voiceinput_WhisperGGML.cpp b/native/jni/org_futo_voiceinput_WhisperGGML.cpp
index c2618d42c..a47cf9df4 100644
--- a/native/jni/org_futo_voiceinput_WhisperGGML.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/org_futo_voiceinput_WhisperGGML.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static jlong WhisperGGML_open(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jstring model_dir) {
 
     auto *state = new WhisperModelState();
 
+    AKLOGI("Attempting to load model from file...");
     state->context = whisper_init_from_file_with_params(model_dir_str.c_str(), { .use_gpu = false });
 
     if(!state->context){
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ static jlong WhisperGGML_openFromBuffer(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jobject buffe
 
     auto *state = new WhisperModelState();
 
+    AKLOGI("Attempting to load model from buffer...");
     state->context = whisper_init_from_buffer_with_params(buffer_address, buffer_capacity, { .use_gpu = false });
 
     if(!state->context){
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ static jlong WhisperGGML_openFromBuffer(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jobject buffe
 }
 
 static jstring WhisperGGML_infer(JNIEnv *env, jobject instance, jlong handle, jfloatArray samples_array, jstring prompt, jobjectArray languages, jobjectArray bail_languages, jint decoding_mode, jboolean suppress_non_speech_tokens) {
+    AKLOGI("Attempting to infer model...");
+
     auto *state = reinterpret_cast<WhisperModelState *>(handle);
     state->cancel_flag = 0;
 
diff --git a/native/jni/src/ggml/whisper.cpp b/native/jni/src/ggml/whisper.cpp
index a7a7f0695..ebe6d9ccd 100644
--- a/native/jni/src/ggml/whisper.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/src/ggml/whisper.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ WHISPER_ATTRIBUTE_FORMAT(2, 3)
 static void whisper_log_internal        (ggml_log_level level, const char * format, ...);
 static void whisper_log_callback_default(ggml_log_level level, const char * text, void * user_data);
 
-#define WHISPER_LOG_INFO(...)  whisper_log_internal(GGML_LOG_LEVEL_INFO , __VA_ARGS__)
-#define WHISPER_LOG_WARN(...)  whisper_log_internal(GGML_LOG_LEVEL_WARN , __VA_ARGS__)
+#define WHISPER_LOG_INFO(...)  AKLOGI(__VA_ARGS__) // whisper_log_internal(GGML_LOG_LEVEL_INFO , __VA_ARGS__)
+#define WHISPER_LOG_WARN(...)  AKLOGI(__VA_ARGS__) // whisper_log_internal(GGML_LOG_LEVEL_WARN , __VA_ARGS__)
 #define WHISPER_LOG_ERROR(...) AKLOGE(__VA_ARGS__) // whisper_log_internal(GGML_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, __VA_ARGS__)
 
 #define WHISPER_ASSERT(x) \
@@ -3339,11 +3339,13 @@ struct whisper_context * whisper_init_from_file_with_params(const char * path_mo
 struct whisper_context * whisper_init_from_buffer_with_params(void * buffer, size_t buffer_size, struct whisper_context_params params) {
     whisper_context * ctx = whisper_init_from_buffer_with_params_no_state(buffer, buffer_size, params);
     if (!ctx) {
+        WHISPER_LOG_ERROR("%s: received null context", __func__);
         return nullptr;
     }
 
     ctx->state = whisper_init_state(ctx);
     if (!ctx->state) {
+        WHISPER_LOG_ERROR("%s: received null state", __func__);
         whisper_free(ctx);
         return nullptr;
     }