diff --git a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block.go b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block.go
index 4e57406c5..91403402b 100644
--- a/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block.go
+++ b/app/appmessage/rpc_get_block.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ type BlockVerboseData struct {
 	Difficulty             float64
 	ParentHashes           []string
 	SelectedParentHash     string
+	BlueScore              uint64
 }
 
 // TransactionVerboseData holds verbose data about a transaction
diff --git a/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go b/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
index 08010e623..896059432 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flowcontext/orphans.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ func (f *FlowContext) AddOrphan(orphanBlock *externalapi.DomainBlock) {
 
 	orphanHash := consensusserialization.BlockHash(orphanBlock)
 	f.orphans[*orphanHash] = orphanBlock
+
+	log.Infof("Received a block with missing parents, adding to orphan pool: %s", orphanHash)
 }
 
 // UnorphanBlocks removes the block from the orphan set, and remove all of the blocks that are not orphans anymore.
diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
index 09cedc656..3f10eff38 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/handle_relay_invs.go
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processAndRelayBlock(requestQueue *hashesQueueS
 		return err
 	}
 
+	log.Infof("Accepted block %s via relay", blockHash)
+
 	err = flow.StartIBDIfRequired()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go b/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go
index c286d7d72..ad6dbd775 100644
--- a/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go
+++ b/app/rpc/rpccontext/verbosedata.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rpccontext
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/blocks"
 	"math/big"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ func (ctx *Context) BuildBlockVerboseData(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, includ
 	hash := consensusserialization.BlockHash(block)
 	blockHeader := block.Header
 
+	blueScore, err := blocks.ExtractBlueScore(block)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	result := &appmessage.BlockVerboseData{
 		Hash:                 hash.String(),
 		Version:              blockHeader.Version,
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ func (ctx *Context) BuildBlockVerboseData(block *externalapi.DomainBlock, includ
 		Time:                 blockHeader.TimeInMilliseconds,
 		Bits:                 strconv.FormatInt(int64(blockHeader.Bits), 16),
 		Difficulty:           ctx.GetDifficultyRatio(blockHeader.Bits, ctx.Config.ActiveNetParams),
+		BlueScore:            blueScore,
 	}
 
 	txIDs := make([]string, len(block.Transactions))
diff --git a/app/rpc/rpchandlers/submit_block.go b/app/rpc/rpchandlers/submit_block.go
index 728a099af..eca17c389 100644
--- a/app/rpc/rpchandlers/submit_block.go
+++ b/app/rpc/rpchandlers/submit_block.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func HandleSubmitBlock(context *rpccontext.Context, _ *router.Router, request ap
 		return errorMessage, nil
 	}
 
-	log.Infof("Accepted domainBlock %s via submitBlock", consensusserialization.BlockHash(domainBlock))
+	log.Infof("Accepted block %s via submitBlock", consensusserialization.BlockHash(domainBlock))
 
 	response := appmessage.NewSubmitBlockResponseMessage()
 	return response, nil