diff --git a/packages/chat/src/state.js b/packages/chat/src/state.js
index f7b55f3..b3a3407 100644
--- a/packages/chat/src/state.js
+++ b/packages/chat/src/state.js
@@ -1,27 +1,42 @@
 /* eslint-disable import/no-extraneous-dependencies */
 import {promisify} from 'util';
 
+import D from 'debug';
 import {ModelMap} from '@latus/db';
 import {createClient, keys} from '@latus/redis';
 import {channelIsAnonymous, parseChannel, renderChannel} from '@reddichat/core';
 
+const debug = D('@reddichat/chat/state');
+
 export const channelUserCounts = async (req, channel) => {
-  const ids = await req.clients([renderChannel(channel)]);
+  const rooms = [renderChannel(channel)];
+  debug('channelUserCounts: rooms(%O)', rooms);
+  const ids = await req.clients(rooms);
+  debug('channelUserCounts: ids(%O)', ids);
   if (0 === ids.length) {
-    return [];
+    return {};
   }
   const replies = channelIsAnonymous(channel)
     ? [ids.reduce((r, socketKey) => ({...r, [socketKey]: 0}), {})]
     : await req.intercom('@reddichat/user/users', ids);
+  debug('channelUserCounts: replies(%O)', replies);
   const uids = replies.reduce((r, m) => ({...r, ...m}), {});
-  return Object.values(uids).reduce((r, uid) => ({...r, [uid]: 1 + (r[uid] || 0)}), {});
+  debug('channelUserCounts: uids(%O)', uids);
+  const reduced = Object.values(uids).reduce((r, uid) => ({...r, [uid]: 1 + (r[uid] || 0)}), {});
+  debug('channelUserCounts: reduced(%O)', reduced);
+  return reduced;
 };
 
-export const channelUsers = async (req, channel) => (
-  Object.keys(await channelUserCounts(req, channel)).map((id) => parseInt(id, 10))
-);
+export const channelUsers = async (req, channel) => {
+  const userCounts = await channelUserCounts(req, channel);
+  debug('channelUsers: userCounts(%O)', userCounts);
+  const parsed = Object.keys(userCounts).map((id) => parseInt(id, 10));
+  debug('channelUsers: parsed(%O)', parsed);
+  return parsed;
+};
 
 export const channelState = async (req, latus, channel) => {
+  debug('channelState');
   const {name, type} = channel;
   const redisClient = createClient(latus);
   const mget = promisify(redisClient.mget.bind(redisClient));
@@ -47,6 +62,7 @@ export const channelState = async (req, latus, channel) => {
 };
 
 export const channelsToHydrate = async (req, latus) => {
+  debug('channelsToHydrate');
   const {channel, user} = req;
   if (!user) {
     return channel ? [channel] : [];
@@ -67,6 +83,7 @@ export const channelsToHydrate = async (req, latus) => {
 };
 
 export const chatUserIds = async (req, latus) => {
+  debug('chatUserIds');
   const toHydrate = await channelsToHydrate(req, latus);
   if (0 === toHydrate.length) {
     return [];
@@ -84,7 +101,9 @@ export const chatUserIds = async (req, latus) => {
 };
 
 export default async (req, latus) => {
+  debug('default state: url(%s), headers(%O)', req.url, req.headers);
   const toHydrate = await channelsToHydrate(req, latus);
+  debug('default state: toHydrate(%O)', toHydrate);
   const chat = {
     channels: {},
     input: {},
@@ -96,6 +115,7 @@ export default async (req, latus) => {
   const entries = await Promise.all(
     toHydrate.map((favorite) => channelState(req, latus, favorite)),
   );
+  debug('default state: entries(%O)', entries);
   for (let i = 0; i < toHydrate.length; i++) {
     const channel = renderChannel(toHydrate[i]);
     const {messages, users} = entries[i];
@@ -107,5 +127,6 @@ export default async (req, latus) => {
       chat.messages[message.uuid] = message;
     });
   }
+  debug('default state(%O)', chat);
   return chat;
 };