diff --git a/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py b/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py
index d75fc816234de76265a8b3306934cf1da09483e3..cc4aac088af16680b4a45f519c670d5c2589061c 100644
--- a/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py
+++ b/pymods/irods_utils/irods_utils.py
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ def pydict_to_irods_avus( coll_or_obj, metadata_dict ):
 
     # Load the dict into a list of AVU ops
     for key, value in metadata_dict.items():
-        logging.debug( "Create AVU OP list. ipath: " + coll_or_obj.path + " key: " + key + " value: " + value )
+        logging.debug( "Create AVU OP list. ipath: " + coll_or_obj.path
+                     + " key: " + key + " type(key): " + type(key)
+                     + " value: " + value + " type(value): " + type(value) )
 
         if value == "":
             value = " "