diff --git a/test/p2p/kill_all/check_peers.sh b/test/p2p/kill_all/check_peers.sh
index 3c9250790..d085a025c 100644
--- a/test/p2p/kill_all/check_peers.sh
+++ b/test/p2p/kill_all/check_peers.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ for i in $(seq 2 "$NUM_OF_PEERS"); do
     ((attempt++))
     if [ "$attempt" -ge $MAX_ATTEMPTS_TO_CATCH_UP ] ; then
       echo "$attempt unsuccessful attempts were made to catch up"
+      curl -s "$addr/dump_consensus_state" | jq .result[1]
       exit 1
     fi
 
diff --git a/test/p2p/peer.sh b/test/p2p/peer.sh
index 7ee942bb5..611f5ac24 100644
--- a/test/p2p/peer.sh
+++ b/test/p2p/peer.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if [[ "$CIRCLECI" == true ]]; then
 		--log-opt syslog-address=udp://127.0.0.1:5514 \
 		--log-opt syslog-facility=daemon \
 		--log-opt tag="{{.Name}}" \
-	  $DOCKER_IMAGE node $SEEDS --proxy_app=$APP_PROXY
+	  $DOCKER_IMAGE node $SEEDS --log_level=debug --proxy_app=$APP_PROXY
 else
 	set -u
 	docker run -d \
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ else
 	  --name local_testnet_$ID \
 	  --entrypoint tendermint \
 	  -e TMROOT=/go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint/test/p2p/data/mach$ID/core \
-	  $DOCKER_IMAGE node $SEEDS --proxy_app=$APP_PROXY
+	  $DOCKER_IMAGE node $SEEDS --log_level=info --proxy_app=$APP_PROXY
 fi