diff --git a/app/Factory/TransactionGroupFactory.php b/app/Factory/TransactionGroupFactory.php
index 4363edad84..146c7ac139 100644
--- a/app/Factory/TransactionGroupFactory.php
+++ b/app/Factory/TransactionGroupFactory.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class TransactionGroupFactory
      */
     public function create(array $data): TransactionGroup
     {
+        Log::debug('Now in TransactionGroupFactory::create()');
         $this->journalFactory->setUser($this->user);
         $this->journalFactory->setErrorOnHash($data['error_if_duplicate_hash'] ?? false);
         try {
diff --git a/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php b/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php
index 449d9b8718..c16c168920 100644
--- a/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php
+++ b/app/Factory/TransactionJournalFactory.php
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class TransactionJournalFactory
      */
     public function create(array $data): Collection
     {
+        Log::debug('Now in TransactionJournalFactory::create()');
         // convert to special object.
         $dataObject = new NullArrayObject($data);
 
diff --git a/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php b/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php
index 12cc232a61..62951ecccf 100644
--- a/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php
+++ b/app/Services/Internal/Support/JournalServiceTrait.php
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ trait JournalServiceTrait
      * @param string $direction
      * @param array  $data
      *
-     * @throws FireflyException
      * @return Account
      * @codeCoverageIgnore
+     * @throws FireflyException
      */
     protected function getAccount(string $transactionType, string $direction, array $data): Account
     {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ trait JournalServiceTrait
      */
     protected function storeNotes(TransactionJournal $journal, ?string $notes): void
     {
-        $notes = (string)$notes;
+        $notes = (string) $notes;
         $note  = $journal->notes()->first();
         if ('' !== $notes) {
             if (null === $note) {
@@ -219,14 +219,17 @@ trait JournalServiceTrait
      */
     protected function storeTags(TransactionJournal $journal, ?array $tags): void
     {
-
+        Log::debug('Now in storeTags()', $tags ?? []);
         $this->tagFactory->setUser($journal->user);
         $set = [];
         if (!is_array($tags)) {
+            Log::debug('Tags is not an array, break.');
             return;
         }
+        Log::debug('Start of loop.');
         foreach ($tags as $string) {
-            $string = (string)$string;
+            $string = (string) $string;
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Now at tag "%s"', $string));
             if ('' !== $string) {
                 $tag = $this->tagFactory->findOrCreate($string);
                 if (null !== $tag) {
@@ -234,7 +237,10 @@ trait JournalServiceTrait
                 }
             }
         }
+        Log::debug('End of loop.');
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Total nr. of tags: %d', count($tags)), $tags);
         $journal->tags()->sync($set);
+        Log::debug('Done!');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -336,8 +342,8 @@ trait JournalServiceTrait
      * @param array        $data
      * @param string       $preferredType
      *
-     * @throws FireflyException
      * @return Account
+     * @throws FireflyException
      */
     private function createAccount(?Account $account, array $data, string $preferredType): Account
     {