diff --git a/core/state/statedb.go b/core/state/statedb.go
index 2633ef4ee4..b030e7f2db 100644
--- a/core/state/statedb.go
+++ b/core/state/statedb.go
@@ -896,13 +896,15 @@ func (s *StateDB) SelfDestruct(addr common.Address) uint256.Int {
 
 	prevBalance = *(stateObject.Balance())
 
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct (statedb): Firehose 2.3 would have called RecordSuicide here (addr=%s, prevBalance=%s, sign=%d)\n", addr, &prevBalance, prevBalance.ToBig().Sign())
+
 	// Regardless of whether it is already destructed or not, we do have to
 	// journal the balance-change, if we set it to zero here.
 	if !stateObject.Balance().IsZero() {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct: previous balance is non-zero (addr=%s)\n", addr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct (statedb): previous balance is non-zero (addr=%s)\n", addr)
 		stateObject.SetBalance(new(uint256.Int))
 	} else {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct: previous balance is zero! (addr=%s)\n", addr)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct (statedb): previous balance is zero! (addr=%s)\n", addr)
 	}
 	// If it is already marked as self-destructed, we do not need to add it
 	// for journalling a second time.
diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index 3e996bd32d..8ea7a698c1 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -1013,6 +1013,7 @@ func opSelfdestruct6780(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeCon
 	balance := interpreter.evm.StateDB.GetBalance(scope.Contract.Address())
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct6780 (instructions): previous balance withdraw (addr=%s, prev_balance=%s)\n", scope.Contract.Address(), balance)
 	interpreter.evm.StateDB.SubBalance(scope.Contract.Address(), balance, tracing.BalanceDecreaseSelfdestruct)
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[Firehose] SelfDestruct6780 (instructions): previous balance refund (addr=%s, refund=%s)\n", common.Address(beneficiary.Bytes20()), balance)
 	interpreter.evm.StateDB.AddBalance(beneficiary.Bytes20(), balance, tracing.BalanceIncreaseSelfdestruct)
 	interpreter.evm.StateDB.SelfDestruct6780(scope.Contract.Address())
 	if tracer := interpreter.evm.Config.Tracer; tracer != nil {