diff --git a/application/controllers/Api.php b/application/controllers/Api.php
index d8b5c7c5d..19fdfa021 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Api.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Api.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class API extends CI_Controller {
 		$result = $this->rate_limit->check($endpoint, $identifier);
 
 		if (!$result['allowed']) {
+			log_message("Debug","Rate limit for ".$endpoint." and ID:".($identifier ?? '')." exceeded");
 			$this->rate_limit->send_limit_exceeded_response($result['retry_after']);
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/application/libraries/Rate_limit.php b/application/libraries/Rate_limit.php
index fef2d6bcf..8fcb64068 100644
--- a/application/libraries/Rate_limit.php
+++ b/application/libraries/Rate_limit.php
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ class Rate_limit {
      * @param int $retry_after Seconds until retry is allowed
      */
     public function send_limit_exceeded_response($retry_after) {
-	log_message("Error","Rate limit exceeded");
         http_response_code(429);
         header('Retry-After: ' . $retry_after);
         echo json_encode([