diff --git a/frontend/sync-client/src/file-operations/safe-filesystem-operations.ts b/frontend/sync-client/src/file-operations/safe-filesystem-operations.ts
index 433f1d75..6297af90 100644
--- a/frontend/sync-client/src/file-operations/safe-filesystem-operations.ts
+++ b/frontend/sync-client/src/file-operations/safe-filesystem-operations.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class SafeFileSystemOperations implements FileSystemOperations {
 	/**
 	 * Decorate an operation to ensure that the file exists before running it.
 	 * If the operation fails, it will check if the file still exists and throw
-	 * a FileNotFoundError if it doesn't
+	 * a FileNotFoundError if it doesn't.
 	 */
 	private async safeOperation<T>(
 		path: RelativePath,
diff --git a/frontend/sync-client/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts b/frontend/sync-client/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
index ca608314..aa7ff7fe 100644
--- a/frontend/sync-client/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
+++ b/frontend/sync-client/src/sync-operations/syncer.ts
@@ -128,12 +128,17 @@ export class Syncer {
 
 		const [promise, resolve, reject] = createPromise();
 
+		const id = uuidv4();
 		const document = this.database.createNewPendingDocument(
-			uuidv4(),
+			id,
 			relativePath,
 			promise
 		);
 
+		this.logger.debug(
+			`Creating new pending document ${relativePath} with id ${id}`
+		);
+
 		try {
 			await this.syncQueue.add(async () =>
 				this.internalSyncer.unrestrictedSyncLocallyCreatedFile(document)