diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index 07b2e881..2512b121 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ def open_journal(journal_name, config, legacy=False):
     If legacy is True, it will open Journals with legacy classes build for
     backwards compatibility with jrnl 1.x
     """
+    logging.debug("open_journal start")
     validate_journal_name(journal_name, config)
     config = config.copy()
     config["journal"] = expand_path(config["journal"])
diff --git a/jrnl/cli.py b/jrnl/cli.py
index 7c692c4f..e187cc3e 100644
--- a/jrnl/cli.py
+++ b/jrnl/cli.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def configure_logger(debug=False):
     )
     logging.getLogger("parsedatetime").setLevel(logging.INFO)
     logging.getLogger("keyring.backend").setLevel(logging.ERROR)
+    logging.debug("Logging start")
 
 
 def cli(manual_args=None):
diff --git a/jrnl/encryption/BaseEncryption.py b/jrnl/encryption/BaseEncryption.py
index 78dd5cf0..af0b8621 100644
--- a/jrnl/encryption/BaseEncryption.py
+++ b/jrnl/encryption/BaseEncryption.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2022 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+import logging
 from abc import ABC
 from abc import abstractmethod
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ from jrnl.messages import MsgText
 
 class BaseEncryption(ABC):
     def __init__(self, journal_name: str, config: dict):
+        logging.debug("BaseEncryption init")
         self._encoding: str = "utf-8"
         self._journal_name: str = journal_name
         self._config: dict = config
diff --git a/jrnl/encryption/BasePasswordEncryption.py b/jrnl/encryption/BasePasswordEncryption.py
index d25d2cd1..1315cf88 100644
--- a/jrnl/encryption/BasePasswordEncryption.py
+++ b/jrnl/encryption/BasePasswordEncryption.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2022 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+import logging
+
 from jrnl.encryption.BaseEncryption import BaseEncryption
 from jrnl.exception import JrnlException
 from jrnl.keyring import get_keyring_password
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ from jrnl.prompt import prompt_password
 
 class BasePasswordEncryption(BaseEncryption):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        logging.debug("BasePasswordEncryption init")
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self._attempts: int = 0
         self._max_attempts: int = 3
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ class BasePasswordEncryption(BaseEncryption):
         return self._encrypt(text)
 
     def decrypt(self, text: bytes) -> str:
+        logging.debug("BasePasswordEncryption decrypt start")
         if not self.password:
             self._prompt_password()
 
diff --git a/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv1Encryption.py b/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv1Encryption.py
index 092d8ed5..bedb4106 100644
--- a/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv1Encryption.py
+++ b/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv1Encryption.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2022 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 import hashlib
+import logging
 
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import padding
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from jrnl.encryption.BasePasswordEncryption import BasePasswordEncryption
 
 class Jrnlv1Encryption(BasePasswordEncryption):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        logging.debug("Jrnlv1Encryption init")
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _encrypt(self, _: str) -> bytes:
diff --git a/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv2Encryption.py b/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv2Encryption.py
index f66a4f16..47b3c0bc 100644
--- a/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv2Encryption.py
+++ b/jrnl/encryption/Jrnlv2Encryption.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2022 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 import base64
+import logging
 
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 from cryptography.fernet import InvalidToken
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from .BasePasswordEncryption import BasePasswordEncryption
 
 class Jrnlv2Encryption(BasePasswordEncryption):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        logging.debug("Jrnlv2Encryption init")
         # Salt is hard-coded
         self._salt: bytes = b"\xf2\xd5q\x0e\xc1\x8d.\xde\xdc\x8e6t\x89\x04\xce\xf8"
         self._key: bytes = b""
diff --git a/jrnl/encryption/NoEncryption.py b/jrnl/encryption/NoEncryption.py
index 13edcec3..9c4dbf92 100644
--- a/jrnl/encryption/NoEncryption.py
+++ b/jrnl/encryption/NoEncryption.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Copyright © 2012-2022 jrnl contributors
 # License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
+import logging
+
 from jrnl.encryption.BaseEncryption import BaseEncryption
 
 
 class NoEncryption(BaseEncryption):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        logging.debug("NoEncryption init")
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def _encrypt(self, text: str) -> bytes: