diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Integrity/ValidatesFilePermissions.php b/app/Console/Commands/Integrity/ValidatesFilePermissions.php
index 324ec43752..d414a755ff 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Integrity/ValidatesFilePermissions.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Integrity/ValidatesFilePermissions.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands\Integrity;
 
 use FireflyIII\Console\Commands\ShowsFriendlyMessages;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 class ValidatesFilePermissions extends Command
 {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class ValidatesFilePermissions extends Command
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $signature   = 'integrity:file-permissions';
+    protected $signature = 'integrity:file-permissions';
 
     /**
      * The console command description.
@@ -50,26 +51,38 @@ class ValidatesFilePermissions extends Command
      */
     public function handle(): int
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Start of %s', $this->signature));
         $directories = [storage_path('upload')];
         $errors      = false;
 
         /** @var string $directory */
         foreach ($directories as $directory) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Processing directory: %s', $directory));
             if (!is_dir($directory)) {
-                $this->friendlyError(sprintf('Directory "%s" cannot found. It is necessary to allow files to be uploaded.', $directory));
+                $message = sprintf('Directory "%s" cannot found. It is necessary to allow files to be uploaded.', $directory);
+                Log::error($message);
+                $this->friendlyError($message);
                 $errors = true;
 
                 continue;
             }
+            Log::debug('It is a directory!');
             if (!is_writable($directory)) {
-                $this->friendlyError(sprintf('Directory "%s" is not writeable. Uploading attachments may fail silently.', $directory));
+                $message = sprintf('Directory "%s" is not writeable. Uploading attachments may fail silently.', $directory);
+                $this->friendlyError($message);
+                Log::error($message);
                 $errors = true;
             }
+            Log::debug('It is writeable!');
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Done processing %s', $directory));
         }
+        Log::debug('Done with loop.');
         if (false === $errors) {
+            Log::debug('No errors.');
             $this->friendlyInfo('All necessary file paths seem to exist, and are writeable.');
         }
 
+        Log::debug(sprintf('End of %s', $this->signature));
         return self::SUCCESS;
     }
 }