diff --git a/src/Utils/auth-utils.ts b/src/Utils/auth-utils.ts
index 5e25a4d..e9e9ca0 100644
--- a/src/Utils/auth-utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/auth-utils.ts
@@ -75,15 +75,17 @@ export const addTransactionCapability = (state: SignalKeyStore, logger: Logger,
 			return prefetch(type, ids)
 		},
 		transaction: async(work) => {
+			// if we're already in a transaction,
+			// just execute what needs to be executed -- no commit required
 			if(inTransaction) {
 				await work()
 			} else {
-				logger.debug('entering transaction')
+				logger.trace('entering transaction')
 				inTransaction = true
 				try {
 					await work()
 					if(Object.keys(mutations).length) {
-						logger.debug('committing transaction')
+						logger.trace('committing transaction')
 						// retry mechanism to ensure we've some recovery
 						// in case a transaction fails in the first attempt
 						let tries = maxCommitRetries
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ export const addTransactionCapability = (state: SignalKeyStore, logger: Logger,
 							tries -= 1
 							try {
 								await state.set(mutations)
+								logger.trace('committed transaction')
 								break
 							} catch(error) {
 								logger.warn(`failed to commit ${Object.keys(mutations).length} mutations, tries left=${tries}`)
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ export const addTransactionCapability = (state: SignalKeyStore, logger: Logger,
 							}
 						}
 					} else {
-						logger.debug('no mutations in transaction')
+						logger.trace('no mutations in transaction')
 					}
 				} finally {
 					inTransaction = false