diff --git a/tmsp/erisdb.go b/tmsp/erisdb.go
index 99757c0f44feb4e07f7472913db78bafdadb3082..f649a48807145f61b6031ca106112c0f6fe0e464 100644
--- a/tmsp/erisdb.go
+++ b/tmsp/erisdb.go
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ func (app ErisDBApp) AppendTx(txBytes []byte) (res tmsp.Result) {
 
 // Implements tmsp.Application
 func (app ErisDBApp) CheckTx(txBytes []byte) (res tmsp.Result) {
+	log.Info("Check Tx", "tx", txBytes)
+	defer func() {
+		log.Info("Check Tx", "res", res)
+	}()
 	var n int
 	var err error
 	tx := new(types.Tx)
diff --git a/tmsp/log.go b/tmsp/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..20fcf2f6a023613eccf13ee4f25dd4770efdaebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmsp/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package tmsp
+
+import (
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-logger"
+)
+
+var log = logger.New("module", "state")