diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/ml_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/ml_service.dart
index ef428f3946..e3e41c73d2 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/ml_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/ml_service.dart
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class MLService {
         return true;
       }
       _logger.severe(
-        "Failed to analyze using FaceML for image with ID: ${instruction.file.uploadedFileID}. Not storing any results locally, which means it will be automatically retried later.",
+        "Failed to analyze using FaceML for image with ID: ${instruction.file.uploadedFileID} and format ${instruction.file.displayName.split('.').last} (${instruction.file.fileType}). Not storing any results locally, which means it will be automatically retried later.",
         e,
         s,
       );
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/ml_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/ml_util.dart
index 13fb1474c7..e07740acba 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/ml_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/ml_util.dart
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ Future<String> getImagePathForML(EnteFile enteFile) async {
 
   final stopwatch = Stopwatch()..start();
   File? file;
-  if (enteFile.fileType == FileType.video) {
+  final bool isVideo = enteFile.fileType == FileType.video;
+  if (isVideo) {
     try {
       file = await getThumbnailForUploadedFile(enteFile);
     } on PlatformException catch (e, s) {
@@ -328,8 +329,8 @@ Future<String> getImagePathForML(EnteFile enteFile) async {
   );
 
   if (imagePath == null) {
-    _logger.warning(
-      "Failed to get any data for enteFile with uploadedFileID ${enteFile.uploadedFileID} since its file path is null",
+    _logger.severe(
+      "Failed to get any data for enteFile with uploadedFileID ${enteFile.uploadedFileID} and format ${enteFile.displayName.split('.').last} and size ${enteFile.fileSize} since its file path is null (isVideo: $isVideo)",
     );
     throw CouldNotRetrieveAnyFileData();
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/thumbnail_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/thumbnail_util.dart
index cd67345659..06b26c9be6 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/thumbnail_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/thumbnail_util.dart
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Future<Uint8List?> getThumbnail(EnteFile file) async {
 Future<File?> getThumbnailForUploadedFile(EnteFile file) async {
   final cachedThumbnail = cachedThumbnailPath(file);
   if (await cachedThumbnail.exists()) {
+    _logger.info("Thumbnail already exists for ${file.uploadedFileID}");
     return cachedThumbnail;
   }
   final thumbnail = await getThumbnail(file);
@@ -55,8 +56,10 @@ Future<File?> getThumbnailForUploadedFile(EnteFile file) async {
     if (!await cachedThumbnail.exists()) {
       await cachedThumbnail.writeAsBytes(thumbnail, flush: true);
     }
+    _logger.info("Thumbnail obtained for ${file.uploadedFileID}");
     return cachedThumbnail;
   }
+  _logger.severe("Failed to get thumbnail for ${file.uploadedFileID}");
   return null;
 }