diff --git a/services/identity/src/database/farcaster.rs b/services/identity/src/database/farcaster.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/database/farcaster.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/database/farcaster.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,13 @@
       .return_values(ReturnValue::UpdatedNew)
       .send()
       .await
-      .map_err(|e| Error::AwsSdk(e.into()))?;
+      .map_err(|e| {
+        error!(
+          errorType = error_types::FARCASTER_DB_LOG,
+          "DDB client failed to add farcasterID: {:?}", e
+        );
+        Error::AwsSdk(e.into())
+      })?;
 
     match response.attributes {
       None => return Err(Error::MissingItem),
@@ -116,7 +122,13 @@
       .update_expression(update_expression)
       .send()
       .await
-      .map_err(|e| Error::AwsSdk(e.into()))?;
+      .map_err(|e| {
+        error!(
+          errorType = error_types::FARCASTER_DB_LOG,
+          "DDB client failed to remove farcasterID: {:?}", e
+        );
+        Error::AwsSdk(e.into())
+      })?;
 
     Ok(())
   }
diff --git a/services/identity/src/database/one_time_keys.rs b/services/identity/src/database/one_time_keys.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/database/one_time_keys.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/database/one_time_keys.rs
@@ -190,7 +190,13 @@
     let otk_rows = query
       .send()
       .await
-      .map_err(|e| Error::AwsSdk(e.into()))?
+      .map_err(|e| {
+        error!(
+          errorType = error_types::OTK_DB_LOG,
+          "DDB client failed to query OTK rows: {:?}", e
+        );
+        Error::AwsSdk(e.into())
+      })?
       .items
       .unwrap_or_default()
       .into_iter()
diff --git a/services/identity/src/database/token.rs b/services/identity/src/database/token.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/database/token.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/database/token.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
       }
       Err(e) => {
         error!(
-          errorType = error_types::TOKEN_DB_LOG, "DynamoDB client failed to get token for user {} with signing public key {}: {}",
+          errorType = error_types::TOKEN_DB_LOG, "DynamoDB client failed to get token for user {} with signing public key {}: {:?}",
           user_id, signing_public_key, e
         );
         Err(Error::AwsSdk(e.into()))