diff --git a/internal/app/share.dbus.go b/internal/app/share.dbus.go
index c350c21..43f196e 100644
--- a/internal/app/share.dbus.go
+++ b/internal/app/share.dbus.go
@@ -106,13 +106,14 @@ func (tx *appSealTx) startDBus() error {
 	if err := tx.dbus.Start(&ready); err != nil {
 		return (*StartDBusError)(wrapError(err, "cannot start message bus proxy:", err))
 	}
+	verbose.Println("starting message bus proxy:", tx.dbus)
 
 	// background wait for proxy instance and notify completion
 	go func() {
 		if err := tx.dbus.Wait(); err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("fortify: warn: message bus proxy returned error:", err)
 		} else {
-			verbose.Println("message bus proxy uneventful wait")
+			verbose.Println("message bus proxy exit")
 		}
 
 		// ensure socket removal so ephemeral directory is empty at revert
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ func (tx *appSealTx) startDBus() error {
 	if !<-ready {
 		return (*StartDBusError)(wrapError(ErrDBusFault, "message bus proxy failed"))
 	}
+	verbose.Println("message bus proxy ready")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/app/system.go b/internal/app/system.go
index 36802dd..86d97d9 100644
--- a/internal/app/system.go
+++ b/internal/app/system.go
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ func (tx *appSealTx) commit() error {
 
 	if tx.dbus != nil {
 		// start dbus proxy
-		verbose.Printf("starting session bus proxy on '%s' for upstream '%s'\n", tx.dbusAddr[0][1], tx.dbusAddr[0][0])
+		verbose.Printf("session bus proxy on '%s' for upstream '%s'\n", tx.dbusAddr[0][1], tx.dbusAddr[0][0])
 		if tx.dbusSystem {
-			verbose.Printf("starting system bus proxy on '%s' for upstream '%s'\n", tx.dbusAddr[1][1], tx.dbusAddr[1][0])
+			verbose.Printf("system bus proxy on '%s' for upstream '%s'\n", tx.dbusAddr[1][1], tx.dbusAddr[1][0])
 		}
 		if err := tx.startDBus(); err != nil {
 			return (*DBusStartError)(wrapError(err, "cannot start message bus proxy:", err))
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ func (tx *appSealTx) commit() error {
 			txp.dbusAddr = tx.dbusAddr
 			txp.dbusSystem = tx.dbusSystem
 			txp.dbusWait = tx.dbusWait
-
-			verbose.Println(xdgDBusProxy, "launch:", tx.dbus)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -339,6 +337,7 @@ func (seal *appSeal) shareAll(bus [2]*dbus.Config) error {
 		if bus[1] != nil {
 			verbose.Println("sealed system proxy", bus[1].Args(seal.sys.dbusAddr[1]))
 		}
+		verbose.Println("message bus proxy final args:", seal.sys.dbus)
 	}
 
 	// workaround for launch method sudo