diff --git a/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go b/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go
index 96f9fe12dc..533acb53ea 100644
--- a/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go
+++ b/disperser/batcher/grpc/dispatcher.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func (c *dispatcher) sendChunks(ctx context.Context, blobs []*core.BlobMessage,
 	}
 
 	opt := grpc.MaxCallSendMsgSize(60 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
-	c.logger.Debug("sending chunks to operator", "operator", op.Socket, "size", totalSize)
+	c.logger.Debug("sending chunks to operator", "operator", op.Socket, "size", totalSize, "request message size", proto.Size(request))
 	reply, err := gc.StoreChunks(ctx, request, opt)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/node/grpc/server.go b/node/grpc/server.go
index c2862ed156..73dabc436f 100644
--- a/node/grpc/server.go
+++ b/node/grpc/server.go
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ func (s *Server) validateStoreChunkRequest(in *pb.StoreChunksRequest) error {
 func (s *Server) StoreChunks(ctx context.Context, in *pb.StoreChunksRequest) (*pb.StoreChunksReply, error) {
 	start := time.Now()
 
+	s.node.Logger.Info("StoreChunks RPC request recieved", "request message size", proto.Size(in))
+
 	// Validate the request.
 	if err := s.validateStoreChunkRequest(in); err != nil {
 		return nil, err