diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Migration/MigrationService.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Migration/MigrationService.cs
index 79bd940863..ac44343f0c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Migration/MigrationService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.Migration/MigrationService.cs
@@ -611,11 +611,15 @@ internal async Task HandleGetArmTemplateRequest(
         {
             try
             {
+                Logger.Verbose("request received in toolsservice");
                 ProvisioningScriptServiceProvider provider = new ProvisioningScriptServiceProvider();
                 string searchPattern = $"*{targetType}-Baseline*.json";
                 string skuRecommendationReportFilePath = Directory.GetFiles(SqlAssessmentConfiguration.ReportsAndLogsRootFolderPath, searchPattern).FirstOrDefault();
+                Logger.Verbose($"Logging report file path -- {skuRecommendationReportFilePath}");
                 List<SkuRecommendationResult> recommendations = ExtractSkuRecommendationReportAction.ExtractSkuRecommendationsFromReport(skuRecommendationReportFilePath);
+                Logger.Verbose($"recommendations generated-- {recommendations.Count}");
                 List<SqlArmTemplate> templateList = provider.GenerateProvisioningScript(recommendations);
+                Logger.Verbose($"ARM templates generated-- {templateList.Count}");
                 List<string> armTemplates = new List<string>();
                 foreach (SqlArmTemplate template in templateList)
                 {
@@ -624,13 +628,17 @@ internal async Task HandleGetArmTemplateRequest(
                         Formatting.Indented,
                         new JsonSerializerSettings { NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore, Culture = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture }
                         );
+                    Logger.Verbose($"Logging ARM templates -- {jsonOutput}");
                     armTemplates.Add(jsonOutput);
                 }
+                Logger.Verbose($"sending response -- {armTemplates.Count}");
                 await requestContext.SendResult(armTemplates);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 await requestContext.SendError(e.ToString());
+                Logger.Verbose($"inside catch block --  ");
+                await requestContext.SendError(e.ToString());
             }
         }