diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/index.js b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
index 97377ab96864b8ae7945f61479ddfc139a9c2d6f..6c49115cbb627075106890644ae0a932be730d45 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ async function ensurePr(prConfig) {
   const { branchName, upgrades } = config;
   // Check if existing PR exists
   const existingPr = await platform.getBranchPr(branchName);
+  if (existingPr) {
+    logger.debug('Found existing PR');
+  }
   config.upgrades = [];
   const branchStatus = await platform.getBranchStatus(
     branchName,
@@ -224,6 +227,7 @@ async function ensurePr(prConfig) {
 
   try {
     if (existingPr) {
+      logger.debug('Processing existing PR');
       if (config.automerge && branchStatus === 'failure') {
         logger.debug(`Setting assignees and reviewers as status checks failed`);
         await addAssigneesReviewers(config, existingPr);