diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
index 8754f46d93..043e165ff7 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/pages/gallery.tsx
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ export default function Gallery() {
     const collections = state.collections;
     const hiddenCollections = state.hiddenCollections;
 
+    if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_WIP_CL) {
+        console.log("render", { collections, hiddenCollections, files });
+    }
+
     const router = useRouter();
 
     // Ensure that the keys in local storage are not malformed by verifying that
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts
index 7ceed78834..ac6d926c0d 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/gallery/reducer.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ const galleryReducer: React.Reducer<GalleryState, GalleryAction> = (
     state,
     action,
 ) => {
+    if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_WIP_CL) {
+        console.log("dispatch", action);
+    }
     switch (action.type) {
         case "mount": {
             const [hiddenCollections, collections] = splitByPredicate(