diff --git a/src/pe/certificate_table.rs b/src/pe/certificate_table.rs
index 709a48161..3bd218ab5 100644
--- a/src/pe/certificate_table.rs
+++ b/src/pe/certificate_table.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format#the-attribute-certificate-table-image-only
 /// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/wintrust/ns-wintrust-win_certificate
 use crate::error;
+use crate::pe::debug;
 use scroll::{ctx, Pread, Pwrite};
 
 use alloc::string::ToString;
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ impl<'a> AttributeCertificate<'a> {
         bytes: &'a [u8],
         current_offset: &mut usize,
     ) -> Result<AttributeCertificate<'a>, error::Error> {
+        debug!("reading certificate header at {current_offset}");
         // `current_offset` is moved sizeof(AttributeCertificateHeader) = 8 bytes further.
         let header: AttributeCertificateHeader = bytes.gread_with(current_offset, scroll::LE)?;
         let cert_size = usize::try_from(header.length.saturating_sub(CERTIFICATE_DATA_OFFSET))
@@ -141,6 +143,11 @@ impl<'a> AttributeCertificate<'a> {
                 )
             })?;
 
+        debug!(
+            "parsing certificate header {:#?}, predicted certificate size: {}",
+            header, cert_size
+        );
+
         if let Some(bytes) = bytes.get(*current_offset..(*current_offset + cert_size)) {
             let attr = Self {
                 length: header.length,
diff --git a/src/pe/header.rs b/src/pe/header.rs
index 06e23c0b0..c5cea0c46 100644
--- a/src/pe/header.rs
+++ b/src/pe/header.rs
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ impl CoffHeader {
         let string_table_offset = self.pointer_to_symbol_table as usize
             + symbol::SymbolTable::size(self.number_of_symbol_table as usize);
         for i in 0..nsections {
+            debug!("parsing section at offset {offset}");
             let section =
                 section_table::SectionTable::parse(bytes, offset, string_table_offset as usize)?;
             debug!("({}) {:#?}", i, section);
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ impl ctx::TryIntoCtx<scroll::Endian> for Header {
         bytes.gwrite_with(self.dos_stub, offset, ctx)?;
         bytes.gwrite_with(self.signature, offset, scroll::LE)?;
         bytes.gwrite_with(self.coff_header, offset, ctx)?;
+        debug!("Non-optional header written, current offset: {}", offset);
         if let Some(opt_header) = self.optional_header {
             bytes.gwrite_with(opt_header, offset, ctx)?;
         }
diff --git a/src/pe/optional_header.rs b/src/pe/optional_header.rs
index 852f4dced..b043fc38e 100644
--- a/src/pe/optional_header.rs
+++ b/src/pe/optional_header.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::container;
 use crate::error;
 
 use crate::pe::data_directories;
+use crate::pe::debug;
 
 use scroll::{ctx, Endian, LE};
 use scroll::{Pread, Pwrite, SizeWith};
@@ -358,12 +359,16 @@ impl ctx::TryIntoCtx<scroll::Endian> for OptionalHeader {
         match self.standard_fields.magic {
             MAGIC_32 => {
                 bytes.gwrite_with::<StandardFields32>(self.standard_fields.into(), offset, ctx)?;
+                debug!("Wrote standard fields 32 bits (offset: {})", offset);
                 bytes.gwrite_with(WindowsFields32::try_from(self.windows_fields)?, offset, ctx)?;
+                debug!("Wrote windows fields 32 bits (offset: {})", offset);
                 bytes.gwrite_with(self.data_directories, offset, ctx)?;
             }
             MAGIC_64 => {
                 bytes.gwrite_with::<StandardFields64>(self.standard_fields.into(), offset, ctx)?;
+                debug!("Wrote standard fields 64 bits (offset: {})", offset);
                 bytes.gwrite_with(self.windows_fields, offset, ctx)?;
+                debug!("Wrote windows fields 64 bits (offset: {})", offset);
                 bytes.gwrite_with(self.data_directories, offset, ctx)?;
             }
             _ => panic!(),