diff --git a/cas_server/federate.py b/cas_server/federate.py
index 4534cda..74528cb 100644
--- a/cas_server/federate.py
+++ b/cas_server/federate.py
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ from django.db import IntegrityError
 from .cas import CASClient
 from .models import FederatedUser, FederateSLO, User
 
+import logging
 from importlib import import_module
 from six.moves import urllib
 
 SessionStore = import_module(settings.SESSION_ENGINE).SessionStore
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class CASFederateValidateUser(object):
     """Class CAS client used to authenticate the user again a CAS provider"""
@@ -88,6 +91,12 @@ class CASFederateValidateUser(object):
             slos = []
         for slo in slos:
             for federate_slo in FederateSLO.objects.filter(ticket=slo.text):
+                logger.info(
+                    "Got an SLO requests for ticket %s, logging out user %s" % (
+                        federate_slo.username,
+                        federate_slo.ticket
+                    )
+                )
                 session = SessionStore(session_key=federate_slo.session_key)
                 session.flush()
                 try:
diff --git a/cas_server/tests/mixin.py b/cas_server/tests/mixin.py
index 859c3a0..e4a5c0d 100644
--- a/cas_server/tests/mixin.py
+++ b/cas_server/tests/mixin.py
@@ -228,11 +228,12 @@ class CanLogin(object):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, code)
         # this message is displayed to the user upon successful authentication, so it should not
         # appear
-        self.assertFalse(
+        self.assertNotIn(
             (
                 b"You have successfully logged into "
                 b"the Central Authentication Service"
-            ) in response.content
+            ),
+            response.content
         )
 
         # if authentication has failed, these session variables should not be set
diff --git a/cas_server/views.py b/cas_server/views.py
index a95a6cd..c85cc52 100644
--- a/cas_server/views.py
+++ b/cas_server/views.py
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ class FederateAuth(View):
     def post(self, request, provider=None):
         """method called on POST request"""
         if not settings.CAS_FEDERATE:
+            logger.warning("CAS_FEDERATE is False, set it to True to use the federated mode")
             return redirect("cas_server:login")
         # POST with a provider, this is probably an SLO request
         try:
@@ -251,15 +252,26 @@ class FederateAuth(View):
     def get(self, request, provider=None):
         """method called on GET request"""
         if not settings.CAS_FEDERATE:
+            logger.warning("CAS_FEDERATE is False, set it to True to use the federated mode")
+            return redirect("cas_server:login")
+        if self.request.session.get("authenticated"):
+            logger.warning("User already authenticated, dropping federate authentication request")
             return redirect("cas_server:login")
         try:
             provider = FederatedIendityProvider.objects.get(suffix=provider)
             auth = self.get_cas_client(request, provider)
             if 'ticket' not in request.GET:
+                logger.info("Trying to authenticate again %s" % auth.provider.server_url)
                 return HttpResponseRedirect(auth.get_login_url())
             else:
                 ticket = request.GET['ticket']
                 if auth.verify_ticket(ticket):
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Got a valid ticket for %s from %s" % (
+                            auth.username,
+                            auth.provider.server_url
+                        )
+                    )
                     params = utils.copy_params(request.GET, ignore={"ticket"})
                     request.session["federate_username"] = auth.federated_username
                     request.session["federate_ticket"] = ticket
@@ -267,8 +279,15 @@ class FederateAuth(View):
                     url = utils.reverse_params("cas_server:login", params)
                     return HttpResponseRedirect(url)
                 else:
+                    logger.info(
+                        "Got a invalid ticket for %s from %s. Retrying to authenticate" % (
+                            auth.username,
+                            auth.provider.server_url
+                        )
+                    )
                     return HttpResponseRedirect(auth.get_login_url())
         except FederatedIendityProvider.DoesNotExist:
+            logger.warning("Identity provider suffix %s not found" % provider)
             return redirect("cas_server:login")