diff --git a/launchers/darwin/src/LatestBuildRequest.m b/launchers/darwin/src/LatestBuildRequest.m
index 019637ed55..7100026416 100644
--- a/launchers/darwin/src/LatestBuildRequest.m
+++ b/launchers/darwin/src/LatestBuildRequest.m
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #import "LatestBuildRequest.h"
 #import "Launcher.h"
 #import "Settings.h"
-
+// https://thunder.highfidelity.com/builds/api/tags/latest?format=json
+// https://httpbin.org/status/500
 @implementation LatestBuildRequest
 
 - (void) requestLatestBuildInfo {
@@ -14,16 +15,26 @@
     NSURLSession* session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
     NSURLSessionDataTask* dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
         
+        
+        NSLog(@"Latest Build Request error: %@", error);
+        NSLog(@"Latest Build Request Data: %@", data);
+         NSHTTPURLResponse *ne = (NSHTTPURLResponse *)response;
+        NSLog(@"Latest Build Request Response: %ld", [ne statusCode]);
         Launcher* sharedLauncher = [Launcher sharedLauncher];
-        NSLog(@"credentials request finished");
         NSMutableData* webData = [NSMutableData data];
         [webData appendData:data];
         NSString* jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes: [webData mutableBytes] length:[data length] encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
         NSData *jsonData = [jsonString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-        id json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:jsonData options:0 error:nil];
+        NSLog(@"Latest Build Request -> json string: %@", jsonString);
+        NSError *jsonError = nil;
+        id json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:jsonData options:0 error:&jsonError];
+        
+        if (jsonError) {
+            NSLog(@"Latest Build request: Failed to convert Json to data");
+        }
         
         NSFileManager* fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
-        NSArray      *values = [json valueForKey:@"results"];
+        NSArray *values = [json valueForKey:@"results"];
         NSDictionary *value  = [values objectAtIndex:0];
         
         
@@ -37,10 +48,15 @@
         dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
             Settings* settings = [Settings sharedSettings];
             NSInteger currentVersion = [settings latestBuildVersion];
+            NSLog(@"Latest Build Request -> does build directory exist: %@", appDirectoryExist ? @"TRUE" : @"FALSE");
+            NSLog(@"Latest Build Request -> current version: %ld", currentVersion);
+            NSLog(@"Latest Build Request -> latest version: %ld", buildNumber.integerValue);
+            NSLog(@"Latest Build Request -> mac url: %@", macInstallerUrl);
             BOOL latestVersionAvailable = (currentVersion != buildNumber.integerValue);
             [[Settings sharedSettings] buildVersion:buildNumber.integerValue];
         
             BOOL shouldDownloadInterface = (latestVersionAvailable || !appDirectoryExist);
+            NSLog(@"Latest Build Request -> SHOULD DOWNLOAD: %@", shouldDownloadInterface ? @"TRUE" : @"FALSE");
             [sharedLauncher shouldDownloadLatestBuild:shouldDownloadInterface :macInstallerUrl];
         });
     }];
diff --git a/launchers/darwin/src/main.mm b/launchers/darwin/src/main.mm
index 7feab64d86..0a8ad4cf4a 100644
--- a/launchers/darwin/src/main.mm
+++ b/launchers/darwin/src/main.mm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void redirectLogToDocuments()
 
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
     //NSApp.appearance = [NSAppearance appearanceNamed: NSAppearanceNameAqua];
-    redirectLogToDocuments();
+    //redirectLogToDocuments();
     NSArray* apps = [NSRunningApplication runningApplicationsWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.highfidelity.launcher"];
     if ([apps count] > 1) {
         NSLog(@"launcher is already running");