diff --git a/server-ca/issue-daemon.py b/server-ca/issue-daemon.py
index c94b90988..36dbb8738 100755
--- a/server-ca/issue-daemon.py
+++ b/server-ca/issue-daemon.py
@@ -42,22 +42,23 @@ def issue(session):
         # session nonetheless died for some reason unrelated to failing
         # challenges before the cert could be issued.  Normally, this
         # should never happen.
-        if debug: print "removing expired (issue-state!?) session", short(session)
+        log("removing expired (issue-state!?) session", session)
         r.lrem("pending-requests", session)
         return
     if r.hget(session, "state") != "issue":
         return
     csr = r.hget(session, "csr")
     names = r.lrange("%s:names" % session, 0, -1)
+    log("attempting to issue certificate for names: %s" % join(names), session)
     with issue_lock:
         cert = CSR.issue(csr, names)
     r.hset(session, "cert", cert)
     if cert:   # once issuing cert succeeded
-        if debug: print "%s: issued certificate for names: %s" % (short(session), ", ".join(names))
+        log("issued certificate for names: %s" % join(names), session)
         r.hset(session, "state", "done")
         # r.lpush("pending-done", session)
     else:       # should not be reached in deployed version
-        if debug: print "issuing for", short(session), "failed"
+        log("issuing cert failed!?", session)
         r.lpush("pending-issue", session)
 
 while True: