diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69897485..398ba645 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 1. [](#new)
     * Pass phpstan level 1 tests
     * Updated semver library to v1.5
+* [](#improved)
+    * Added some debugging messages (turned off by default)
 
 # v1.10.0-rc.5
 ## 02/03/2020
diff --git a/admin.php b/admin.php
index 5815b1dd..5219e252 100644
--- a/admin.php
+++ b/admin.php
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
         $form = $event['form'];
         $action = $event['action'];
 
+        Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin Form: ' . $action);
         switch ($action) {
             case 'register_admin_user':
-
                 if (Admin::doAnyUsersExist()) {
                     throw new \RuntimeException('A user account already exists, please create an admin account manually.');
                 }
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
         // Force SSL with redirect if required
         if ($config->get('system.force_ssl')) {
             if (!isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) || $_SERVER['HTTPS'] !== 'on') {
+                Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin SSL forced on, redirect');
                 $url = 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
                 $this->grav->redirect($url);
             }
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
         // Handle tasks.
         $this->admin->task = $task = $this->grav['task'] ?? $this->grav['action'];
         if ($task) {
+            Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage("Admin task: {$task}");
             $this->initializeController($task, $post);
         } elseif ($this->template === 'logs' && $this->route) {
             // Display RAW error message.
@@ -502,14 +504,18 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
                 $page = $event['page'];
 
                 if ($page->slug()) {
+                    Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin page: from event');
                     return $page;
                 }
             }
 
             // Look in the pages provided by the Admin plugin itself
             if (file_exists(__DIR__ . "/pages/admin/{$self->template}.md")) {
+                Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage("Admin page: {$self->template}");
+
                 $page->init(new \SplFileInfo(__DIR__ . "/pages/admin/{$self->template}.md"));
                 $page->slug(basename($self->template));
+
                 return $page;
             }
 
@@ -525,6 +531,8 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
                 $path = $locator->findResource("plugins://{$plugin->name}/admin/pages/{$self->template}.md");
 
                 if ($path) {
+                    Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage("Admin page: plugin {$plugin->name}/{$self->template}");
+
                     $page->init(new \SplFileInfo($path));
                     $page->slug(basename($self->template));
 
@@ -537,6 +545,7 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
 
         if (empty($this->grav['page'])) {
             if ($this->grav['user']->authenticated) {
+                Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin page: fire onPageNotFound event');
                 $event = new Event(['page' => null]);
                 $event->page = null;
                 $event = $this->grav->fireEvent('onPageNotFound', $event);
@@ -544,6 +553,7 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
                 $page = $event->page;
 
                 if (!$page || !$page->routable()) {
+                    Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin page: 404 Not Found');
                     $error_file = $this->grav['locator']->findResource('plugins://admin/pages/admin/error.md');
                     $page = new Page();
                     $page->init(new \SplFileInfo($error_file));
@@ -554,6 +564,7 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
                 unset($this->grav['page']);
                 $this->grav['page'] = $page;
             } else {
+                Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin page: login');
                 // Not Found and not logged in: Display login page.
                 $login_file = $this->grav['locator']->findResource('plugins://admin/pages/admin/login.md');
                 $page = new Page();
@@ -903,6 +914,8 @@ class AdminPlugin extends Plugin
 
     protected function initializeController($task, $post)
     {
+        Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin controller: execute');
+
         $controller = new AdminController();
         $controller->initialize($this->grav, $this->template, $task, $this->route, $post);
         $controller->execute();
diff --git a/classes/plugin/Admin.php b/classes/plugin/Admin.php
index 746dd8d2..1ac9acab 100644
--- a/classes/plugin/Admin.php
+++ b/classes/plugin/Admin.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Grav\Plugin\Admin;
 use DateTime;
 use Grav\Common\Data;
 use Grav\Common\Data\Data as GravData;
+use Grav\Common\Debugger;
 use Grav\Common\File\CompiledYamlFile;
 use Grav\Common\Flex\Users\UserObject;
 use Grav\Common\GPM\GPM;
@@ -52,8 +53,9 @@ define('LOGIN_REDIRECT_COOKIE', 'grav-login-redirect');
 
 class Admin
 {
-    const MEDIA_PAGINATION_INTERVAL = 20;
-    const TMP_COOKIE_NAME = 'tmp-admin-message';
+    public const DEBUG = 1;
+    public const MEDIA_PAGINATION_INTERVAL = 20;
+    public const TMP_COOKIE_NAME = 'tmp-admin-message';
 
     /** @var Grav */
     public $grav;
@@ -182,6 +184,17 @@ class Admin
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param string $message
+     * @param array $data
+     */
+    public static function addDebugMessage(string $message, $data = [])
+    {
+        /** @var Debugger $debugger */
+        $debugger = Grav::instance()['debugger'];
+        $debugger->addMessage($message, 'debug', $data);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the languages available in the admin
      *
@@ -400,6 +413,8 @@ class Admin
             return;
         }
 
+        Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage("Admin redirect: {$redirectCode} {$redirect}");
+
         $redirect = '/' . ltrim(preg_replace('`//+`', '/', $redirect), '/');
         $base = $this->base;
         $root = Grav::instance()['uri']->rootUrl();
@@ -536,11 +551,15 @@ class Admin
 
         // Check rate limit for both IP and user, but allow each IP a single try even if user is already rate limited.
         if ($rateLimiter->isRateLimited($ipKey, 'ip') || ($attempts && $rateLimiter->isRateLimited($userKey))) {
+            Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin login: rate limit, redirecting', $credentials);
+
             $this->setMessage(static::translate(['PLUGIN_LOGIN.TOO_MANY_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS', $rateLimiter->getInterval()]), 'error');
 
             $this->grav->redirect('/');
         }
 
+        Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin login', $credentials);
+
         // Fire Login process.
         $event = $login->login(
             $credentials,
@@ -549,6 +568,8 @@ class Admin
         );
         $user = $event->getUser();
 
+        Admin::DEBUG && Admin::addDebugMessage('Admin login: user', $user);
+
         if ($user->authenticated) {
             $rateLimiter->resetRateLimit($ipKey, 'ip')->resetRateLimit($userKey);
             if ($user->authorized) {