diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5da08d42..b65a7acb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Updated state-fold libraries to version 0.8
 - Added `SS_MAX_DECODING_MESSAGE_SIZE` to state-server and dispatcher with 100MB default
 - Added `MAX_DECODING_MESSAGE_SIZE` to advance runner with 100MB default
+- Improved node log for large inputs
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/offchain/dispatcher/src/machine/rollups_broker.rs b/offchain/dispatcher/src/machine/rollups_broker.rs
index 17b6fa88..81470979 100644
--- a/offchain/dispatcher/src/machine/rollups_broker.rs
+++ b/offchain/dispatcher/src/machine/rollups_broker.rs
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ impl BrokerSend for BrokerFacade {
         input_index: u64,
         input: &Input,
     ) -> Result<(), BrokerFacadeError> {
-        tracing::info!(?input_index, ?input, "enqueueing input");
+        tracing::trace!(?input_index, ?input, "enqueueing input");
 
         let mut broker = self.broker.lock().await;
         let status = self.broker_status(&mut broker).await?;
 
         let event = build_next_input(input, &status);
-        tracing::trace!(?event, "producing input event");
+        tracing::info!(?event, "producing input event");
 
         input_sanity_check!(event, input_index);
 
diff --git a/offchain/rollups-events/src/common.rs b/offchain/rollups-events/src/common.rs
index a69e29e1..7b8b0a6c 100644
--- a/offchain/rollups-events/src/common.rs
+++ b/offchain/rollups-events/src/common.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use std::fmt::Write;
 pub const ADDRESS_SIZE: usize = 20;
 pub const HASH_SIZE: usize = 32;
 
+const PAYLOAD_DEBUG_MAX_LEN: usize = 100;
+
 /// A binary array that is converted to a hex string when serialized
 #[derive(Clone, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct HexArray<const N: usize>([u8; N]);
@@ -143,7 +145,18 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Payload {
 
 impl std::fmt::Debug for Payload {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", base64_engine.encode(self.inner()))
+        let len = self.inner().len();
+        if len > PAYLOAD_DEBUG_MAX_LEN {
+            let slice = &self.inner().as_slice()[0..PAYLOAD_DEBUG_MAX_LEN];
+            write!(
+                f,
+                "{}...[total: {} bytes]",
+                base64_engine.encode(slice),
+                len
+            )
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{}", base64_engine.encode(self.inner()))
+        }
     }
 }