diff --git a/cmd/autothrottle/main.go b/cmd/autothrottle/main.go
index 90d78d59..1f925be9 100644
--- a/cmd/autothrottle/main.go
+++ b/cmd/autothrottle/main.go
@@ -245,8 +245,10 @@ func main() {
 		// the Kafka topic throttled replicas list. This minimizes
 		// state that must be propagated through the cluster.
 		if topicsReplicatingNow.isSubSet(topicsReplicatingPreviously) {
+			log.Println("No new reassigning topics to throttle, disable topic updates")
 			throttleManager.DisableTopicUpdates()
 		} else {
+			log.Println("New reassigning topics to throttle, enable topic updates")
 			throttleManager.EnableTopicUpdates()
 			// Unset any previously stored throttle rates. This is done to avoid a
 			// scenario that results in autothrottle being unaware of externally
@@ -334,6 +336,8 @@ func main() {
 			// TODO(jamie): is there a scenario where we should exclude topics
 			// have also have a reassignment? We're discovering topics here by
 			// reverse lookup of brokers that are not reassignment participants.
+			log.Println("There are broker overrides")
+			log.Print(throttleManager.GetBrokerOverrides())
 			var err error
 			otl, err := throttleManager.GetTopicsWithThrottledBrokers()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -344,15 +348,18 @@ func main() {
 
 			// Determine whether we need to propagate topic throttle replica
 			// list configs. If the brokers with overrides remains the same,
-			// we don't need to need to update those configs.
+			// we don't need to update those configs.
 			var brokersThrottledNow = newSet()
 			for broker := range activeOverrideBrokers {
 				brokersThrottledNow.add(strconv.Itoa(broker))
 			}
-
+			log.Printf("BrokersThrottledNow: %v", brokersThrottledNow)
+			log.Printf("BrokersThrottledPreviously: %v", brokersThrottledPreviously)
 			if brokersThrottledNow.equal(brokersThrottledPreviously) {
+				log.Println("No new brokers to throttle, disable topic updates")
 				throttleManager.DisableOverrideTopicUpdates()
 			} else {
+				log.Println("New brokers to throttle, enable topic updates")
 				throttleManager.EnableOverrideTopicUpdates()
 			}