diff --git a/src/piler-smtp.c b/src/piler-smtp.c
index 6ac8c9e..7eade8d 100644
--- a/src/piler-smtp.c
+++ b/src/piler-smtp.c
@@ -234,7 +234,9 @@
                }
 
                if(getnameinfo((struct sockaddr *)&client_address, client_len, hbuf, sizeof(hbuf), sbuf, sizeof(sbuf), NI_NUMERICHOST | NI_NUMERICSERV) == 0){
-                  syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "connected from %s:%s on descriptor %d", hbuf, sbuf, client_sockfd);
+                  // Strictly speaking it's not correct to log num_connections+1 connections
+                  // but it still gives a good clue how many connections we have at the moment
+                  syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "connected from %s:%s on descriptor %d (active connections: %d)", hbuf, sbuf, client_sockfd, num_connections + 1);
                }
 
                if(make_socket_non_blocking(client_sockfd) == -1){
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index fca1632..78148ed 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
 
 void tear_down_session(struct smtp_session **sessions, int slot, int *num_connections){
-   syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "disconnected from %s", sessions[slot]->remote_host);
+   syslog(LOG_PRIORITY, "disconnected from %s on descriptor %d (%d active connections)", sessions[slot]->remote_host, sessions[slot]->net.socket, (*num_connections)-1);
 
    close(sessions[slot]->net.socket);