diff --git a/core/bot.py b/core/bot.py
index e936d1c..6230f20 100644
--- a/core/bot.py
+++ b/core/bot.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 import config
 import irc
 
-
+# strip all spaces and capitalization from the connection name
 def clean_name(n): return re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9_]+', '', n.replace(" ", "_"))
 
 
@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@ class Bot(object):
         for name, conf in self.config['connections'].iteritems():
             # strip all spaces and capitalization from the connection name
             name = clean_name(name)
-            self.logger.debug("({}) Creating connection.".format(name))
-            self.logger.debug("({}) Server: {}".format(name, conf['server']))
+            self.logger.debug("({}) Creating connection to {}.".format(name, conf['server']))
             if conf.get('ssl'):
                 self.connections[name] = irc.SSLIRC(name, conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
                                      port=conf.get('port', 6667), channels=conf['channels'],
                                      ignore_certificate_errors=conf.get('ignore_cert', True))
+                self.logger.debug("({}) Created SSL connection.".format(name))   
             else:
                 self.connections[name] = irc.IRC(name, conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
                                     port=conf.get('port', 6667), channels=conf['channels'])
+                self.logger.debug("({}) Created connection.".format(name))  
 
     def setup(self):
         # logging