diff --git a/httpclient/cookies.go b/httpclient/cookies.go
index 74a2111..268fc27 100644
--- a/httpclient/cookies.go
+++ b/httpclient/cookies.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 
 // loadCustomCookies applies the custom cookies supplied in the config and applies them to the http session.
 func (c *Client) loadCustomCookies() error {
+	c.Sugar.Debug("initilizing cookie jar")
+
 	cookieJar, err := cookiejar.New(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -15,12 +17,18 @@ func (c *Client) loadCustomCookies() error {
 	c.http.Jar = cookieJar
 
 	cookieUrl, err := url.Parse((*c.Integration).GetFQDN())
+	c.Sugar.Debug("cookie URL set globally to: %s", cookieUrl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	c.http.Jar.SetCookies(cookieUrl, c.config.CustomCookies)
-	c.Sugar.Debug("custom cookies set: %v", c.http.Jar.Cookies(cookieUrl))
+
+	if c.config.HideSensitiveData {
+		c.Sugar.Debug("[REDACTED] cookies set successfully")
+	} else {
+		c.Sugar.Debug("custom cookies set: %v", c.http.Jar.Cookies(cookieUrl))
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }