diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookExecutor.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookExecutor.java
index 4a5f6bb..42d4e75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookExecutor.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
   HookResult submit(String projectName, Path hook, HookArgs args) {
     if (!Files.exists(hook)) {
+      log.debug("Hook file not found: {}", hook);
       return null;
     }
     HookTask.Sync hookTask = new HookTask.Sync(projectName, hook, args);
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@
     try {
       return task.get(timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     } catch (TimeoutException e) {
-      message = "Synchronous hook timed out " + hook.toAbsolutePath();
+      message = "Synchronous hook timed out " + hook;
       log.error(message);
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      message = "Error running hook " + hook.toAbsolutePath();
+      message = "Error running hook " + hook;
       log.error(message, e);
     }
     task.cancel(true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookFactory.java
index 2969358..81d1400 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookFactory.java
@@ -28,9 +28,13 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @Singleton
 public class HookFactory {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HookFactory.class);
+
   private final HookQueue queue;
   private final HookExecutor syncHookExecutor;
   private final Config config;
@@ -66,11 +70,14 @@
     } else {
       this.hooksPath = sitePaths.hooks_dir;
     }
+    log.info("hooks.path: {}", this.hooksPath);
   }
 
   private Path getHookPath(String configName, String defaultName) {
     String v = config.getString("hooks", null, configName);
-    return hooksPath.resolve(firstNonNull(v, defaultName));
+    Path hookPath = hooksPath.resolve(firstNonNull(v, defaultName));
+    log.info("hooks.{} resolved to {}", configName, hookPath);
+    return hookPath;
   }
 
   public AsynchronousHook createAsync(String configName, String defaultName) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookQueue.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookQueue.java
index 6a5e33e..be70d12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/hooks/HookQueue.java
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 class HookQueue implements LifecycleListener {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HookQueue.class);
+
   private final WorkQueue workQueue;
 
   private WorkQueue.Executor queue;
@@ -35,9 +39,11 @@
   }
 
   void submit(String projectName, Path hook, HookArgs args) {
-    if (Files.exists(hook)) {
-      queue.submit(new HookTask.Async(projectName, hook, args));
+    if (!Files.exists(hook)) {
+      log.debug("Hook file not found: {}", hook.toAbsolutePath());
+      return;
     }
+    queue.submit(new HookTask.Async(projectName, hook, args));
   }
 
   @Override