diff --git a/codearchiver-bot b/codearchiver-bot
index dd2d61d..e92013a 100755
--- a/codearchiver-bot
+++ b/codearchiver-bot
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ function respond {
 			continue
 		fi
 
+		log 'Starting upload batch'
+
 		# Record SHA-256 hashes for new files
 		sha256sum "${filenames[@]}" > >(log_loop 'sha256sum: ')
 
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ function respond {
 		fi
 		uploadsfine=y
 		for f in "${filenames[@]}"; do
+			log "Uploading $(printf '%q' "${f}") to ${identifier}"
 			ia-upload-stream --no-derive "${identifier}" "${f}" \
 				"collection:${collection}" \
 				'mediatype:software' \
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ function respond {
 		done
 
 		if [[ -z "${uploadsfine}" ]]; then
+			log 'At least one upload in the batch failed, not removing anything'
 			continue
 		fi
 
@@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ function respond {
 		touch '.uploaded'
 		for f in "${filenames[@]}"; do
 			if [[ "${f}" != *_codearchiver_metadata.txt ]]; then
-				log "Replacing ${f} with symlink to .uploaded"
+				log "Replacing $(printf '%q' "${f}") with symlink to .uploaded"
 				{ rm --verbose -- "${f}" && ln --symbolic --verbose '.uploaded' "${f}"; } |& log_loop 'rm/ln: '
 			fi
 		done