diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file/filter.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file/filter.rs
index a2842e8..8ae234a 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file/filter.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-model/src/file/filter.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub enum NegatableComparator<T> {
     IsNot(T),
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug")]
 pub fn build_find_filter_conditions(filters: Vec<Vec<FilterProperty>>) -> Condition {
     filters
         .into_iter()
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/searching.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/searching.rs
index 995298f..e15c6df 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/searching.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/searching.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use mediarepo_model::file::{File, FileStatus};
 use mediarepo_model::repo::Repo;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(repo))]
 pub async fn find_files_for_filters(
     repo: &Repo,
     expressions: Vec<FilterExpression>,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ pub async fn find_files_for_filters(
     repo.find_files_by_filters(filters).await
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug")]
 fn get_tag_names_from_expressions(expressions: &Vec<FilterExpression>) -> Vec<String> {
     expressions
         .iter()
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ fn get_tag_names_from_expressions(expressions: &Vec<FilterExpression>) -> Vec<St
         .collect::<Vec<String>>()
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug")]
 fn build_filters_from_expressions(
     expressions: Vec<FilterExpression>,
     tag_id_map: &HashMap<String, i64>,
diff --git a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/sorting.rs b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/sorting.rs
index fd89c96..1f36770 100644
--- a/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/sorting.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-daemon/mediarepo-socket/src/namespaces/files/sorting.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub struct FileSortContext {
     change_time: NaiveDateTime,
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(repo, files))]
 pub async fn sort_files_by_properties(
     repo: &Repo,
     sort_expression: Vec<SortKey>,