diff --git a/src/Duende.Bff/EndpointProcessing/BffAuthenticationService.cs b/src/Duende.Bff/EndpointProcessing/BffAuthenticationService.cs
index 2fa36f33..68867c0e 100644
--- a/src/Duende.Bff/EndpointProcessing/BffAuthenticationService.cs
+++ b/src/Duende.Bff/EndpointProcessing/BffAuthenticationService.cs
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public async Task ChallengeAsync(HttpContext context, string? scheme, Authentica
                     var requireResponseHandling = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IBffApiSkipResponseHandling>() == null;
                     if (requireResponseHandling)
                     {
+                        _logger.LogDebug("Challenge was called for a BFF API endpoint, BFF response handing changing status code to 401.");
+
                         context.Response.StatusCode = 401;
                         context.Response.Headers.Remove("Location");
                         context.Response.Headers.Remove("Set-Cookie");
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ public async Task ForbidAsync(HttpContext context, string? scheme, Authenticatio
                     var requireResponseHandling = endpoint.Metadata.GetMetadata<IBffApiSkipResponseHandling>() == null;
                     if (requireResponseHandling)
                     {
+                        _logger.LogDebug("Forbid was called for a BFF API endpoint, BFF response handing changing status code to 403.");
+
                         context.Response.StatusCode = 403;
                         context.Response.Headers.Remove("Location");
                         context.Response.Headers.Remove("Set-Cookie");