diff --git a/src/BasePlatform.ts b/src/BasePlatform.ts
index f3b26ec510..9aabe82be5 100644
--- a/src/BasePlatform.ts
+++ b/src/BasePlatform.ts
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ export default abstract class BasePlatform {
         let data;
         try {
             data = await idbLoad("pickleKey", [userId, deviceId]);
-        } catch (e) {}
+        } catch (e) {
+            logger.error("idbLoad for pickleKey failed", e);
+        }
         if (!data) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -396,6 +398,8 @@ export default abstract class BasePlatform {
     async destroyPickleKey(userId: string, deviceId: string): Promise<void> {
         try {
             await idbDelete("pickleKey", [userId, deviceId]);
-        } catch (e) {}
+        } catch (e) {
+            logger.error("idbDelete failed in destroyPickleKey", e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Lifecycle.ts b/src/Lifecycle.ts
index d53bd39c95..d179f9bed3 100644
--- a/src/Lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/Lifecycle.ts
@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ export async function getStoredSessionVars(): Promise<IStoredSession> {
     let accessToken;
     try {
         accessToken = await StorageManager.idbLoad("account", "mx_access_token");
-    } catch (e) {}
+    } catch (e) {
+        logger.error("StorageManager.idbLoad failed for account:mx_access_token", e);
+    }
     if (!accessToken) {
         accessToken = localStorage.getItem("mx_access_token");
         if (accessToken) {
@@ -332,7 +334,9 @@ export async function getStoredSessionVars(): Promise<IStoredSession> {
                 // try to migrate access token to IndexedDB if we can
                 await StorageManager.idbSave("account", "mx_access_token", accessToken);
                 localStorage.removeItem("mx_access_token");
-            } catch (e) {}
+            } catch (e) {
+                logger.error("migration of access token to IndexedDB failed", e);
+            }
         }
     }
     // if we pre-date storing "mx_has_access_token", but we retrieved an access
@@ -858,7 +862,9 @@ async function clearStorage(opts?: { deleteEverything?: boolean }): Promise<void
 
         try {
             await StorageManager.idbDelete("account", "mx_access_token");
-        } catch (e) {}
+        } catch (e) {
+            logger.error("idbDelete failed for account:mx_access_token", e);
+        }
 
         // now restore those invites
         if (!opts?.deleteEverything) {