diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 404a31ed21..3423e3021a 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ func SetDownloadURLRequestRetries(count int) {
 	downloadURLRequestRetries = count
 }
 
+func GetLibp2pTracerPath() string {
+	configPath := GetConfigPath()
+	return filepath.Join(configPath, "bacalhau-libp2p-tracer.json")
+}
+
 func GetConfigPath() string {
 	suffix := "/.bacalhau"
 	env := os.Getenv("BACALHAU_PATH")
diff --git a/pkg/transport/libp2p/libp2p.go b/pkg/transport/libp2p/libp2p.go
index b682c2d97c..e05c29799f 100644
--- a/pkg/transport/libp2p/libp2p.go
+++ b/pkg/transport/libp2p/libp2p.go
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ func NewTransportFromOptions(ctx context.Context,
 		return nil
 	})
 
+	tracer, err := pubsub.NewJSONTracer(config.GetLibp2pTracerPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	h, err := libp2p.New(opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -92,7 +97,14 @@ func NewTransportFromOptions(ctx context.Context,
 		pubsub.ScoreParameterDecay(2*time.Minute),  //nolint:gomnd
 		pubsub.ScoreParameterDecay(10*time.Minute), //nolint:gomnd
 	)
-	ps, err := pubsub.NewGossipSub(ctx, h, pubsub.WithPeerExchange(true), pubsub.WithPeerGater(pgParams))
+	ps, err := pubsub.NewGossipSub(
+		ctx,
+		h,
+		pubsub.WithFloodPublish(true),
+		pubsub.WithPeerExchange(true),
+		pubsub.WithPeerGater(pgParams),
+		pubsub.WithEventTracer(tracer),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}