diff --git a/lnbits/core/crud.py b/lnbits/core/crud.py
index cba41f60..c54d3c18 100644
--- a/lnbits/core/crud.py
+++ b/lnbits/core/crud.py
@@ -336,7 +336,9 @@ async def delete_expired_invoices(
         expiration_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(invoice.date + invoice.expiry)
         if expiration_date > datetime.datetime.utcnow():
             continue
-        logger.debug(f"Deleting expired invoice: {invoice.payment_hash}")
+        logger.debug(
+            f"Deleting expired invoice: {invoice.payment_hash} (expired: {expiration_date})"
+        )
         await (conn or db).execute(
             """
             DELETE FROM apipayments
diff --git a/lnbits/tasks.py b/lnbits/tasks.py
index be50d6c5..078edca1 100644
--- a/lnbits/tasks.py
+++ b/lnbits/tasks.py
@@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ async def check_pending_payments():
                 exclude_uncheckable=True,
                 conn=conn,
             )
-            logger.debug(f"Task: checking {len(pending_payments)} pending payments")
             for payment in pending_payments:
                 await payment.check_status()
 
             logger.debug(
-                f"Task: pending payments check finished (took {time.time() - start_time:0.3f} s)"
+                f"Task: pending check finished for {len(pending_payments)} payments (took {time.time() - start_time:0.3f} s)"
             )
             # we delete expired invoices once upon the first pending check
             if incoming: