diff --git a/components/brmesh/whitening.cpp b/components/brmesh/whitening.cpp
index 6a44c7a..767d788 100644
--- a/components/brmesh/whitening.cpp
+++ b/components/brmesh/whitening.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Whitening::use(bool encode, const LUT &lut, State state, std::span<uint8_t> byte
     const bool log = (bytes.size() > 1 || bytes[0] != 0x00);
 
     if (log)
-        ESP_LOGV(TAG, "%s: input: %s", encode ? "encode" : "decode",
+        ESP_LOGW(TAG, "%s: input: (%02hhX) %s", encode ? "encode" : "decode", state,
                  format_hex_pretty(&bytes[0], bytes.size()).c_str());
     else
         ESP_LOGVV(TAG, "%s: input: %s", encode ? "encode" : "decode",