diff --git a/mellon/adapters.py b/mellon/adapters.py
index ab79521..060a54c 100644
--- a/mellon/adapters.py
+++ b/mellon/adapters.py
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ class DefaultAdapter(object):
             else:
                 user.delete()
                 user = saml_id.user
+                self.logger.info('looked up user %s with name_id %s from issuer %s',
+                                 user, name_id, issuer)
         return user
 
     def provision(self, user, idp, saml_attributes):
diff --git a/mellon/views.py b/mellon/views.py
index bac222c..9879364 100644
--- a/mellon/views.py
+++ b/mellon/views.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class LoginView(ProfileMixin, LogMixin, View):
             return self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
         if not utils.is_nonnull(request.POST['SAMLResponse']):
             return HttpResponseBadRequest('SAMLResponse contains a null character')
+        self.log.info('Got SAML Response', extra={'saml_response': request.POST['SAMLResponse']})
         self.profile = login = utils.create_login(request)
         idp_message = None
         status_codes = []
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ class LoginView(ProfileMixin, LogMixin, View):
                              result.status_code, result.content)
             return self.sso_failure(request, login, idp_message, status_codes)
 
+        self.log.info('Got SAML Artifact Response', extra={'saml_response': result.content})
         try:
             login.processResponseMsg(result.content)
             login.acceptSso()