diff --git a/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go b/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go
index 18eb3e4..74bed99 100644
--- a/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go
+++ b/internal/vcenter/vcenter.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Vcenter struct {
-	logger *slog.Logger
+	Logger *slog.Logger
 	ctx    context.Context
 	client *govmomi.Client
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func New(logger *slog.Logger) *Vcenter {
 	//defer cancel()
 
 	return &Vcenter{
-		logger: logger,
+		Logger: logger,
 		ctx:    context.Background(),
 	}
 }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (v *Vcenter) Login(vUrl string) error {
 
 	c, err := govmomi.NewClient(v.ctx, u, insecure)
 	if err != nil {
-		v.logger.Error("Unable to connect to vCenter", "error", err)
+		v.Logger.Error("Unable to connect to vCenter", "error", err)
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to vCenter : %s", err)
 	}
 
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func (v *Vcenter) Login(vUrl string) error {
 
 	v.client = c
 
+	v.Logger.Debug("successfully connected to vCenter")
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/server/handler/vmCreate.go b/server/handler/vmCreate.go
index 087f385..9dfe91b 100644
--- a/server/handler/vmCreate.go
+++ b/server/handler/vmCreate.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	reqBody, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
+		h.Logger.Error("Invalid data received", "error", err)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Invalid data received")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		h.Logger.Error("unable to decode json", "error", err)
 		http.Error(w, "Invalid JSON body", http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
+	} else {
+		h.Logger.Debug("successfully decoded JSON")
+		prettyPrint(vm)
 	}
 
 	// Convert vmModel to CreateInventoryParams using the utility function
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	// TODO - initiate govmomi query of source vcenter to discover related data
+	h.Logger.Debug("connecting to vcenter")
 	vc := vcenter.New(h.Logger)
 	vc.Login(vm.CloudEvent.Source)
 	//vmObject, err := vc.FindVMByName(vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.Name)
@@ -62,14 +67,17 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err != nil {
 		h.Logger.Error("Can't locate vm in vCenter", "vmID", vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.VM.Value, "error", err)
 	} else {
-		//h.Logger.Debug("found VM", "object", vmObject)
+		h.Logger.Debug("found VM", "object", vmObject)
 		//prettyPrint(vmObject)
 
 		// calculate VM properties we want to store
 		numRam = vmObject.Vm.Config.Hardware.MemoryMB
 		numVcpus = vmObject.Vm.Config.Hardware.NumCPU * vmObject.Vm.Config.Hardware.NumCoresPerSocket
 	}
-	vc.Logout()
+	err = vc.Logout()
+	if err != nil {
+		h.Logger.Error("unable to logout of vcenter", "error", err)
+	}
 
 	// Create an instance of CreateInventoryParams
 	params := queries.CreateInventoryParams{
@@ -77,7 +85,7 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Vcenter:      vm.CloudEvent.Source,
 		EventId:      sql.NullString{String: vm.CloudEvent.ID, Valid: vm.CloudEvent.ID != ""},
 		EventKey:     sql.NullString{String: strconv.Itoa(vm.CloudEvent.Data.Key), Valid: strconv.Itoa(vm.CloudEvent.Data.Key) != ""},
-		VmId:         sql.NullString{String: "VirtualMachine-" + vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.VM.Value, Valid: vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.VM.Value != ""},
+		VmId:         sql.NullString{String: vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.VM.Value, Valid: vm.CloudEvent.Data.VM.VM.Value != ""},
 		Datacenter:   sql.NullString{String: vmObject.Datacenter, Valid: vmObject.Datacenter != ""},
 		CreationTime: sql.NullInt64{Int64: unixTimestamp, Valid: unixTimestamp > 0},
 		InitialVcpus: sql.NullInt64{Int64: int64(numVcpus), Valid: numVcpus > 0},
@@ -93,9 +101,11 @@ func (h *Handler) VmCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Error : %v\n", err)
 		return
+	} else {
+		h.Logger.Debug("created database record", "insert_result", result)
 	}
 
-	h.Logger.Debug("received create request", "body", string(reqBody))
+	//h.Logger.Debug("received create request", "body", string(reqBody))
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Create Request : %v\n", result)
 }