diff --git a/resources/lib/functions.py b/resources/lib/functions.py
index dfd79c1..ffba8dd 100644
--- a/resources/lib/functions.py
+++ b/resources/lib/functions.py
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@ def PLAY(params):
     play_info["force_transcode"] = forceTranscode
     play_info["media_source_id"] = media_source_id
     play_info["use_default"] = use_default
+    log.info("Sending embycon_play_action : {0}", play_info)
     send_event_notification("embycon_play_action", play_info)
 
 
diff --git a/resources/lib/play_utils.py b/resources/lib/play_utils.py
index 009c3d3..6d0aff3 100644
--- a/resources/lib/play_utils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/play_utils.py
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ class PlaybackService(xbmc.Monitor):
         log.debug("PlaybackService:onNotification:{0}", hex_data)
         decoded_data = binascii.unhexlify(hex_data)
         play_info = json.loads(decoded_data)
+        log.info("Received embycon_play_action : {0}", play_info)
         playFile(play_info, self.monitor)
 
     def screensaver_activated(self):
diff --git a/resources/lib/simple_logging.py b/resources/lib/simple_logging.py
index 8547746..662db2e 100644
--- a/resources/lib/simple_logging.py
+++ b/resources/lib/simple_logging.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import xbmc
 import xbmcaddon
 from json_rpc import json_rpc
 
+
 class SimpleLogging():
     name = ""
     enable_logging = False
@@ -24,7 +25,20 @@ class SimpleLogging():
     def __str__(self):
         return "LoggingEnabled: " + str(self.enable_logging)
 
+    def info(self, fmt, *args, **kwargs):
+        log_line = self.name + " (INFO) -> " + self.log_line(fmt, args)
+        xbmc.log(log_line, level=xbmc.LOGNOTICE)
+
     def error(self, fmt, *args, **kwargs):
+        log_line = self.name + " (ERROR) -> " + self.log_line(fmt, args)
+        xbmc.log(log_line, level=xbmc.LOGERROR)
+
+    def debug(self, fmt, *args, **kwargs):
+        if self.enable_logging:
+            log_line = self.name + " (DEBUG) -> " + self.log_line(fmt, args)
+            xbmc.log(log_line, level=xbmc.LOGDEBUG)
+
+    def log_line(self, fmt, *args):
         new_args = []
         # convert any unicode to utf-8 strings
         for arg in args:
@@ -32,17 +46,5 @@ class SimpleLogging():
                 new_args.append(arg.encode("utf-8"))
             else:
                 new_args.append(arg)
-        log_line = self.name + " (ERROR) -> " + fmt.format(*new_args)
-        xbmc.log(log_line, level=xbmc.LOGDEBUG)
-
-    def debug(self, fmt, *args, **kwargs):
-        if self.enable_logging:
-            new_args = []
-            # convert any unicode to utf-8 strings
-            for arg in args:
-                if isinstance(arg, unicode):
-                    new_args.append(arg.encode("utf-8"))
-                else:
-                    new_args.append(arg)
-            log_line = self.name + " (DEBUG) -> " + fmt.format(*new_args)
-            xbmc.log(log_line, level=xbmc.LOGDEBUG)
+        log_line = fmt.format(*new_args)
+        return log_line
diff --git a/service.py b/service.py
index fb06b1b..c93dc30 100644
--- a/service.py
+++ b/service.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ while not xbmc.abortRequested:
                 websocket_client = WebSocketClient()
                 websocket_client.start()
 
-
     except Exception as error:
         log.error("Exception in Playback Monitor: {0}", error)
         log.error("{0}", traceback.format_exc())