diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/output-timer.cpp b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/output-timer.cpp
index 155c8d2aec4a14ba2649ef646c19bbd2db11ce21..786af593ff5ed539ac06108ef845864cfed74002 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/output-timer.cpp
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/output-timer.cpp
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ void OutputTimer::closeEvent(QCloseEvent*)
 void OutputTimer::StreamingTimerButton()
 {
 	if (!obs_frontend_streaming_active()) {
+		blog(LOG_INFO, "Starting stream due to OutputTimer");
 		obs_frontend_streaming_start();
 	} else if (streamingAlreadyActive) {
 		StreamTimerStart();
 		streamingAlreadyActive = false;
 	} else if (obs_frontend_streaming_active()) {
+		blog(LOG_INFO, "Stopping stream due to OutputTimer");
 		obs_frontend_streaming_stop();
 	}
 }
@@ -52,11 +54,13 @@ void OutputTimer::StreamingTimerButton()
 void OutputTimer::RecordingTimerButton()
 {
 	if (!obs_frontend_recording_active()) {
+		blog(LOG_INFO, "Starting recording due to OutputTimer");
 		obs_frontend_recording_start();
 	} else if (recordingAlreadyActive) {
 		RecordTimerStart();
 		recordingAlreadyActive = false;
 	} else if (obs_frontend_recording_active()) {
+		blog(LOG_INFO, "Stopping recording due to OutputTimer");
 		obs_frontend_recording_stop();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index a5cfe28b266a8b6535937b2e9c4d9b9b34ebd5de..f9d25e6a4e3eafef77b5bd2de3536ddfb639e13f 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -841,12 +841,14 @@ retryScene:
 		opt_starting_scene.clear();
 
 	if (opt_start_streaming) {
+		blog(LOG_INFO, "Starting stream due to command line parameter");
 		QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "StartStreaming",
 				Qt::QueuedConnection);
 		opt_start_streaming = false;
 	}
 
 	if (opt_start_recording) {
+		blog(LOG_INFO, "Starting recording due to command line parameter");
 		QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, "StartRecording",
 				Qt::QueuedConnection);
 		opt_start_recording = false;
@@ -1632,11 +1634,12 @@ void OBSBasic::CreateHotkeys()
 		obs_data_array_release(array1);
 	};
 
-#define MAKE_CALLBACK(pred, method) \
+#define MAKE_CALLBACK(pred, method, log_action) \
 	[](void *data, obs_hotkey_pair_id, obs_hotkey_t*, bool pressed) \
 	{ \
 		OBSBasic &basic = *static_cast<OBSBasic*>(data); \
 		if (pred && pressed) { \
+			blog(LOG_INFO, log_action " due to hotkey"); \
 			method(); \
 			return true; \
 		} \
@@ -1649,9 +1652,9 @@ void OBSBasic::CreateHotkeys()
 			"OBSBasic.StopStreaming",
 			Str("Basic.Main.StopStreaming"),
 			MAKE_CALLBACK(!basic.outputHandler->StreamingActive(),
-				basic.StartStreaming),
+				basic.StartStreaming, "Starting stream"),
 			MAKE_CALLBACK(basic.outputHandler->StreamingActive(),
-				basic.StopStreaming),
+				basic.StopStreaming, "Stopping stream"),
 			this, this);
 	LoadHotkeyPair(streamingHotkeys,
 			"OBSBasic.StartStreaming", "OBSBasic.StopStreaming");
@@ -1677,9 +1680,9 @@ void OBSBasic::CreateHotkeys()
 			"OBSBasic.StopRecording",
 			Str("Basic.Main.StopRecording"),
 			MAKE_CALLBACK(!basic.outputHandler->RecordingActive(),
-				basic.StartRecording),
+				basic.StartRecording, "Starting recording"),
 			MAKE_CALLBACK(basic.outputHandler->RecordingActive(),
-				basic.StopRecording),
+				basic.StopRecording, "Stopping recording"),
 			this, this);
 	LoadHotkeyPair(recordingHotkeys,
 			"OBSBasic.StartRecording", "OBSBasic.StopRecording");