diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestTransferServer/lib/momclient.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestTransferServer/lib/momclient.py
index 8ced8a125675e1b9fdd641190e280d38dabcfb80..c176e8bb1620c6c33abc7b18e52b82655bcf63f2 100755
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestTransferServer/lib/momclient.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestTransferServer/lib/momclient.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class MoMClient:
             if self.__logged_in:
                 return
 
+            logger.debug("logging in to MoM on url: %s", self.__momURLlogin)
             self.__browser.open(self.__momURLlogin)
             forms = list(self.__browser.forms())
             self.__browser.form = forms[0]
@@ -70,14 +71,18 @@ class MoMClient:
             if 200 != ret_code:
                 raise Exception("Logging into MoM failed: http return code = " + ret_code)
 
+            logger.debug("logged in on MoM on url: %s", self.__momURLlogin)
             self.__logged_in = True
         except Exception as e:
             raise Exception("Logging into MoM on %s failed: %s" % (self.__momURLlogin, str(e)))
 
     def logout(self):
         try:
-            self.__browser.open(self.__momURLlogout)
-            self.__logged_in = False
+            if self.__logged_in:
+                logger.info("logging out of MoM on url: %s", self.__momURLlogout)
+                self.__browser.open(self.__momURLlogout)
+                self.__logged_in = False
+                logger.info("logged out of MoM on url: %s", self.__momURLlogout)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning("Logging out of MoM failed: " + str(e))
 
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ class MoMClient:
 
                 params = {"exportId" : export_id, "status" : status_id}
                 statusUrl = self.__momURLsetStatus + '?' + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
-                logger.debug("updating MoM: " + statusUrl)
+                logger.info("updating MoM: " + statusUrl)
                 response = self.__browser.open(statusUrl)
                 reply = [line.decode('utf-8') for line in response.readlines()]
                 if reply == ['ok']:
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ class MoMClient:
                         params['message'] = message
 
                         statusUrl = self.__momURLsetStatus + '?' + urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
-                        logger.debug("updating MoM: " + statusUrl)
+                        logger.info("updating MoM: " + statusUrl)
                         response = self.__browser.open(statusUrl)
                         reply = [line.decode('utf-8') for line in response.readlines()]
                         if reply == ['ok']: