diff --git a/src/helpers/db.js b/src/helpers/db.js
index fb1dfa65..3bc2574f 100644
--- a/src/helpers/db.js
+++ b/src/helpers/db.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
+import logger from 'logger'
 import Store from 'electron-store'
 import set from 'lodash/set'
 import get from 'lodash/get'
@@ -54,37 +55,31 @@ export default {
   get: (key: DBKey, defaults: any): any => {
     const db = store(key)
     const data = db.get('data', defaults)
+    logger.onDB('read', key, data)
     return middleware('get', key, data)
   },
 
   set: (key: DBKey, val: any) => {
     const db = store(key)
-
     val = middleware('set', key, val)
-
+    logger.onDB('write', key, val)
     db.set('data', val)
-
     return val
   },
 
   getIn: (key: DBKey, path: string, defaultValue: any) => {
     const db = store(key)
-
     let data = db.get('data')
     data = middleware('get', key, data)
-
     return get(data, path, defaultValue)
   },
 
   setIn: (key: DBKey, path: string, val: any) => {
     const db = store(key)
     const data = db.get('data')
-
     val = middleware('set', key, val)
     set(data, path, val)
-
     db.set('data', data)
-
     return val
   },
 
@@ -93,6 +88,7 @@ export default {
     const keys = ['countervalues']
     keys.forEach(k => {
       const db = store(k)
+      logger.onDB('clear', k)
       db.clear()
     })
   },
@@ -101,6 +97,7 @@ export default {
     const keys = ['settings', 'accounts', 'countervalues']
     keys.forEach(k => {
       const db = store(k)
+      logger.onDB('clear', k)
       db.clear()
     })
   },
diff --git a/src/helpers/ipc.js b/src/helpers/ipc.js
index dac143ec..26e3df5e 100644
--- a/src/helpers/ipc.js
+++ b/src/helpers/ipc.js
@@ -47,22 +47,20 @@ function ipcRendererSendCommand<In, A>(id: string, data: In): Observable<A> {
 
     function handleCommandEvent(e, msg: Msg<A>) {
       if (requestId !== msg.requestId) return
+      logger.onCmd(msg.type, id, Date.now() - startTime, msg.data)
       switch (msg.type) {
         case 'cmd.NEXT':
-          logger.log(`● CMD ${id}`, msg.data)
           if (msg.data) {
             o.next(msg.data)
           }
           break
 
         case 'cmd.COMPLETE':
-          logger.log(`✔ CMD ${id} finished in ${(Date.now() - startTime).toFixed(0)}ms`)
           o.complete()
           ipcRenderer.removeListener('command-event', handleCommandEvent)
           break
 
         case 'cmd.ERROR':
-          logger.warn(`✖ CMD ${id} error`, msg.data)
           o.error(msg.data)
           ipcRenderer.removeListener('command-event', handleCommandEvent)
           break
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ function ipcRendererSendCommand<In, A>(id: string, data: In): Observable<A> {
 
     ipcRenderer.send('command', { id, data, requestId })
 
-    logger.log(`CMD ${id}.send(`, data, ')')
+    logger.onCmd('cmd.START', id, 0, data)
 
     return unsubscribe
   })
diff --git a/src/logger.js b/src/logger.js
index 9e2fc52e..c48d8f40 100644
--- a/src/logger.js
+++ b/src/logger.js
@@ -47,10 +47,41 @@ const makeSerializableLog = (o: mixed) => {
   return String(o)
 }
 
+const logCmds = !__DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_COMMANDS
+const logDb = !__DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_DB
 const logRedux = !__DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_ACTION
-const logTabkey = __DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_TAB_KEY
+const logTabkey = !__DEV__ || process.env.DEBUG_TAB_KEY
 
 export default {
+  onCmd: (type: string, id: string, spentTime: number, data?: any) => {
+    if (logCmds) {
+      switch (type) {
+        case 'cmd.START':
+          console.log(`CMD ${id}.send(`, data, ')')
+          break
+        case 'cmd.NEXT':
+          console.log(`● CMD ${id}`, data)
+          break
+        case 'cmd.COMPLETE':
+          console.log(`✔ CMD ${id} finished in ${spentTime.toFixed(0)}ms`)
+          break
+        case 'cmd.ERROR':
+          console.warn(`✖ CMD ${id} error`, data)
+          break
+        default:
+      }
+    }
+    addLog('cmd', type, id, spentTime, data)
+  },
+
+  onDB: (way: 'read' | 'write' | 'clear', name: string, obj: ?Object) => {
+    const msg = `📁 ${way} ${name}:`
+    if (logDb) {
+      console.log(msg, obj)
+    }
+    addLog('db', msg)
+  },
+
   // tracks Redux actions (NB not all actions are serializable)
 
   onReduxAction: (action: Object) => {