diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Event.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Event.groovy
index 4a9c0e94..511ad2da 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Event.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Event.groovy
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ class Event {
 		seqNo = SEQ_NO.getAndIncrement()
 		timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis()
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		"seqNo $seqNo timestamp $timestamp"
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/EventBus.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/EventBus.groovy
index e63f368c..7cdf8c10 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/EventBus.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/EventBus.groovy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class EventBus {
 	}
 	
 	private void publishInternal(Event e) {
-		log.fine "publishing event of type ${e.getClass().getSimpleName()} seqNo ${e.seqNo} timestamp ${e.timestamp}"
+		log.fine "publishing event $e"
 		def currentHandlers
 		final def clazz = e.getClass()
 		synchronized(this) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionEvent.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionEvent.groovy
index 5e1305cf..ac57d9c9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionEvent.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionEvent.groovy
@@ -10,5 +10,10 @@ class ConnectionEvent extends Event {
 	boolean incoming
 	Boolean leaf // can be null if uknown
 	ConnectionAttemptStatus status
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		"ConnectionEvent ${super.toString()} endpoint: $endpoint incoming: $incoming leaf : $leaf status : $status"
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/Endpoint.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/Endpoint.groovy
index 9b841b1b..5e4db6b2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/Endpoint.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/Endpoint.groovy
@@ -32,4 +32,9 @@ class Endpoint implements Closeable {
 			try {outputStream.close()} catch (Exception ignore) {}
 		}
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		"destination: ${destination.toBase32()}"
+	}
 } 
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/hostcache/HostDiscoveredEvent.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/hostcache/HostDiscoveredEvent.groovy
index 4f3348ca..bfd72001 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/hostcache/HostDiscoveredEvent.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/hostcache/HostDiscoveredEvent.groovy
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@ import net.i2p.data.Destination
 class HostDiscoveredEvent extends Event {
 
 	Destination destination
+	
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		"HostDiscoveredEvent ${super.toString()} destination:${destination.toBase32()}"
+	}
 }