diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js
index dbcaf1a98..5ad542280 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/index.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ fixPath();
 // Setup logger
 log.initialize();
 log.transports.console.level = false;
+log.transports.file.level = process.env.BOUNDARY_DESKTOP_LOG_LEVEL ?? 'info';
 log.transports.file.format =
   '[{y}-{m}-{d}T{h}:{i}:{s}.{ms}{z}] [{level}] {text}';
 log.transports.file.fileName = 'desktop-client.log';
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/services/cache-daemon-manager.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/services/cache-daemon-manager.js
index 108ac84fd..e30b54bcf 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/services/cache-daemon-manager.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/services/cache-daemon-manager.js
@@ -117,9 +117,18 @@ class CacheDaemonManager {
     return generateErrorPromise(stderr);
   }
 
-  search(requestData) {
+  async search(requestData) {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    // Log request data, but clean up token from log
+    const { auth_token_id, token, ...logRequestData } = requestData;
+
     if (isWindows()) {
-      return searchCliCommand(requestData);
+      const result = await searchCliCommand(requestData);
+
+      const end = Date.now();
+      log.debug(`Search request took ${end - start} ms`, logRequestData);
+
+      return result;
     }
 
     delete requestData.token;
@@ -130,7 +139,12 @@ class CacheDaemonManager {
       path: `http://internal.boundary.local/v1/search?${queryString.toString()}`,
       socketPath: this.#socketPath,
     };
-    return unixSocketRequest(request);
+
+    const result = await unixSocketRequest(request);
+    const end = Date.now();
+    log.debug(`Search request took ${end - start} ms`, logRequestData);
+
+    return result;
   }
 }