diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f1f44a8..58751a3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ metricsServer.start()
 }, abortWithError)
 
 await runGtfsMatching({
+	logger,
 	natsClient,
 	natsJetstreamClient,
 	natsJetstreamManager,
diff --git a/lib/match.js b/lib/match.js
index e2fdc48..7f2ec75 100644
--- a/lib/match.js
+++ b/lib/match.js
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ const abortWithError = (err) => {
 
 const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 	const {
+		logger: serviceLogger,
 		natsClient,
 		natsJetstreamClient,
 		natsJetstreamManager,
 	} = cfg
+	ok(serviceLogger)
 	ok(natsClient)
 	ok(natsJetstreamClient)
 	ok(natsJetstreamManager)
@@ -84,9 +86,9 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 		...opt,
 	}
 
-	const matchedTotal = new Counter({
-		name: 'matched_total',
-		help: 'nr. of successfully matched movements/trips',
+	const successesTotal = new Counter({
+		name: 'matching_successes_total',
+		help: 'number of successfully matched movements/trips',
 		registers: [register],
 		labelNames: [
 			'cached',
@@ -94,10 +96,15 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 	})
 	const failuresTotal = new Counter({
 		name: 'matching_failures_total',
-		help: 'nr. of matching failures',
+		help: 'number of matching failures',
 		registers: [register],
-		labelNames: [
-		],
+		labelNames: [],
+	})
+	const errorsTotal = new Counter({
+		name: 'matching_errors_total',
+		help: 'number of errors that have occured while matching',
+		registers: [register],
+		labelNames: [],
 	})
 	const matchingTimeSeconds = new Summary({
 		name: 'matching_time_seconds',
@@ -116,7 +123,7 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 		logger,
 	})
 
-	const matchVdvAusIstFahrtAndPublishAsGtfsRtTripUpdate = async (vdvAusIstFahrt) => {
+	const matchVdvAusIstFahrtAndPublishAsGtfsRtTripUpdate = async (vdvAusIstFahrt, msg) => {
 		try {
 			const {
 				item: gtfsRtTripUpdate,
@@ -127,17 +134,24 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 
 			const topic = getNatsTopicFromGtfsRtTripUpdate(gtfsRtTripUpdate)
 
-			logger.debug({
+			logger.trace({
 				topic,
+				isMatched,
+				isCached,
+				matchingTime,
 				gtfsRtTripUpdate,
+				// todo: log just a slice?
 				vdvAusIstFahrt,
+				natsMsgSeq: msg.seq,
 			}, 'publishing GTFS-RT TripUpdate')
 			natsJetstreamClient.publish(topic, natsJson.encode(gtfsRtTripUpdate))
 
 			if (isMatched) {
-				matchedTotal.inc({
+				successesTotal.inc({
 					isCached: isCached ? '1' : '0',
 				})
+			} else {
+				failuresTotal.inc()
 			}
 			matchingTimeSeconds.observe({
 				matched: isMatched ? '1' : '0',
@@ -150,14 +164,15 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 			logger.warn({
 				err,
 				vdvAusIstFahrt,
+				natsMsgSeq: msg.seq,
 			}, `failed to match trip: ${err.message || (err + '')}`)
-			failuresTotal.inc()
+			errorsTotal.inc()
 		}
 	}
 
 	const processAusIstFahrtMsg = async (msg) => {
 		const {subject, seq, data} = msg
-		logger.trace({
+		serviceLogger.debug({
 			subject,
 			seq,
 			dataSlice: data.slice(0, 100).toString('utf8'),
@@ -165,16 +180,16 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 		try {
 			const ausIstFahrt = msg.json(data)
 			// todo: validate against schema, error-log and abort if invalid
-			await matchVdvAusIstFahrtAndPublishAsGtfsRtTripUpdate(ausIstFahrt)
+			await matchVdvAusIstFahrtAndPublishAsGtfsRtTripUpdate(ausIstFahrt, msg)
 
-			logger.trace({
+			serviceLogger.trace({
 				subject,
 				seq,
 			}, 'successfully processed AUS IstFahrt msg')
 			msg.ack()
 		} catch (err) {
 			// We catch all non-programmer errors in order not to abort the message processing (see below).
-			logger.warn({
+			serviceLogger.warn({
 				err,
 				subject,
 				seq,
@@ -198,7 +213,7 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 				],
 				// todo: limits?
 			})
-			logger.debug({
+			serviceLogger.debug({
 				streamInfo,
 			}, 'created/re-used NATS JetStream stream for AUS IstFahrts')
 		}
@@ -211,7 +226,7 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 				],
 				// todo: limits?
 			})
-			logger.debug({
+			serviceLogger.debug({
 				streamInfo,
 			}, 'created/re-used NATS JetStream stream for GTFS-RT data')
 		}
@@ -228,7 +243,7 @@ const runGtfsMatching = async (cfg, opt = {}) => {
 
 			// todo: add trip ID to topic, consume with `DeliverLastPerSubject`? – would not work for partial IstFahrts
 		})
-		logger.debug({
+		serviceLogger.debug({
 			consumerInfo,
 		}, 'created/re-used NATS JetStream consumer')