diff --git a/api/src/guards/request/auth/admin.rs b/api/src/guards/request/auth/admin.rs
index 717e41a..984c082 100644
--- a/api/src/guards/request/auth/admin.rs
+++ b/api/src/guards/request/auth/admin.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 use entity::admin::Model as Admin;
+use log::info;
 use portfolio_core::sea_orm::prelude::Uuid;
 use portfolio_core::services::admin_service::AdminService;
 use rocket::http::Status;
 use rocket::outcome::Outcome;
 use rocket::request::{FromRequest, Request};
 
+use crate::logging::format_request;
 use crate::pool::Db;
 
 pub struct AdminAuth(Admin, String);
@@ -49,10 +51,14 @@ impl<'r> FromRequest<'r> for AdminAuth {
         let session = AdminService::auth(conn, uuid).await;
 
         match session {
-            Ok(model) => Outcome::Success(AdminAuth(model, private_key.to_string())),
-            Err(e) => Outcome::Failure(
-                (Status::from_code(e.code()).unwrap_or(Status::Unauthorized), None)
-            ),
+            Ok(model) => {
+                warn!("{}: ADMIN {} AUTHENTICATED", format_request(req), model.id);
+                Outcome::Success(AdminAuth(model, private_key.to_string()))
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                info!("{}: ADMIN AUTHENTICATION FAILED: {}", format_request(req), e);
+                Outcome::Failure((Status::Unauthorized, None))
+        },
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/api/src/guards/request/auth/candidate.rs b/api/src/guards/request/auth/candidate.rs
index 2f49e1e..08d5fe3 100644
--- a/api/src/guards/request/auth/candidate.rs
+++ b/api/src/guards/request/auth/candidate.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use rocket::http::Status;
 use rocket::outcome::Outcome;
 use rocket::request::{FromRequest, Request};
 
+use crate::logging::format_request;
 use crate::pool::Db;
 
 pub struct CandidateAuth(Candidate, String);
@@ -51,8 +52,14 @@ impl<'r> FromRequest<'r> for CandidateAuth {
         let session = CandidateService::auth(conn, uuid).await;
 
         match session {
-            Ok(model) => Outcome::Success(CandidateAuth(model, private_key.to_string().to_string())),
-            Err(_) => Outcome::Failure((Status::Unauthorized, None)),
+            Ok(model) => {
+                info!("{}: CANDIDATE {} AUTHENTICATED", format_request(req), model.application);
+                Outcome::Success(CandidateAuth(model, private_key.to_string().to_string()))
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                info!("{}: CANDIDATE {} AUTHENTICATION FAILED", format_request(req), e);
+                Outcome::Failure((Status::Unauthorized, None))
+            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/logging.rs b/api/src/logging.rs
index 702c4a1..cfe258a 100644
--- a/api/src/logging.rs
+++ b/api/src/logging.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
 
+use log::info;
 use rocket::{fairing::{Fairing, Info, Kind}, Request, Data};
 
 pub struct Logging;
@@ -13,8 +14,15 @@ impl Fairing for Logging {
         }
     }
 
-    async fn on_request(&self, request: &mut Request<'_>, d: &mut Data<'_>) {
-        let client_ip = request.client_ip().unwrap_or(std::net::IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1))).to_string();
+    async fn on_request(&self, request: &mut Request<'_>, _: &mut Data<'_>) {
+        let s = format_request(request);
+        info!("> {}", s);
+
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn format_request(request: &Request<'_>) -> String {
+    let client_ip = request.client_ip().unwrap_or(std::net::IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1))).to_string();
 
         let method = request.method().to_string();
 
@@ -23,14 +31,12 @@ impl Fairing for Logging {
         let user_agent = request.headers().get_one("User-Agent").unwrap_or("").to_string();
         let content_length = request.headers().get_one("Content-Length").unwrap_or("").to_string();
 
-        info!("[{}] {} {} (User-Agent: {}, Content-Length: {}, Host: {})",
+        format!("[{}] {} {} (User-Agent: {}, Content-Length: {}, Host: {})",
             client_ip,
             method,
             uri,
             user_agent,
             content_length,
             host,
-        );
-
-    }
+        )
 }
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