diff -r 05c2b62448b1 -r ef3c8a0e1fee src/server/daemon/event.c
--- a/src/server/daemon/event.c	Sun Nov 27 10:20:10 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/server/daemon/event.c	Sun Nov 27 13:33:30 2022 +0100
@@ -45,16 +45,18 @@
     
     CxHashKey key = cx_hash_key_bytes((const unsigned char*)cfg->name.ptr, cfg->name.length);
     
-    /* if the event handler already exists, we don't modify it */
+    // if the event handler already exists, we don't modify it
     if(cxMapGet(event_handler_map, key)) {
         /* TODO: log message */
         /* TODO: set reload status */
+        log_ereport(LOG_DEBUG, "event handler %s already exists", cfg->name.ptr);
         return 0;
     }
     
-    /* create new handler */
+    // create new handler
     EVHandler *e = evhandler_create(cfg);
     if(e == NULL) {
+        log_ereport(LOG_FAILURE, "evhandler_create failed");
         return 1;
     }