diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/tgs.config.dm b/code/__DEFINES/tgs.config.dm
index ec49eae48387..47c1ab5a3850 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/tgs.config.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/tgs.config.dm
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 #define TGS_NOTIFY_ADMINS(event) message_admins(##event)
 #define TGS_CLIENT_COUNT GLOB.clients.len
 #define TGS_PROTECT_DATUM(Path) GENERAL_PROTECT_DATUM(##Path)
+#define TGS_DEBUG_LOG(message) log_world("TGS Debug: [##message]")
diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index a5359980e8e4..1b6ca87f00f7 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -310,10 +310,17 @@ GLOBAL_VAR(restart_counter)
 			shutdown_logging() // See comment below.
 			TgsEndProcess()
 
-	log_world("World rebooted at [time_stamp()]")
+	log_world("Attempting world reboot at [time_stamp()].")
 
+	log_world("Awaiting rust_g shutdown.")
 	shutdown_logging() // Past this point, no logging procs can be used besides log_world() at risk of data loss.
+	log_world("rust_g shutdown successful.")
+
+	log_world("Awaiting TGS reboot")
 	TgsReboot() // TGS can decide to kill us right here, so it's important to do it last
+	log_world("TGS reboot successful.")
+
+	log_world("World rebooted at [time_stamp()].")
 	..()
 
 /world/proc/update_status()