diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0fcaf2e1..d2fbe3f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5380,6 +5380,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
+ "paranoid-android",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/intf/native/protected_store.rs b/veilid-core/src/intf/native/protected_store.rs
index 7faa0f49..accae460 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/intf/native/protected_store.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/intf/native/protected_store.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ impl ProtectedStore {
 
     #[instrument(level = "debug", skip(self), err)]
     pub async fn init(&self) -> EyreResult<()> {
+        log_pstore!(error "ASDFASDFASDF");
+
         let delete = {
             let c = self.config.get();
             let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
@@ -48,11 +50,19 @@ impl ProtectedStore {
                 // Attempt to open the secure keyring
                 cfg_if! {
                     if #[cfg(target_os = "android")] {
-                        inner.keyring_manager = KeyringManager::new_secure(&c.program_name, crate::intf::android::get_android_globals()).ok();
+                        let maybe_km = KeyringManager::new_secure(&c.program_name, crate::intf::android::get_android_globals());
                     } else {
-                        inner.keyring_manager = KeyringManager::new_secure(&c.program_name).ok();
+                        let maybe_km = KeyringManager::new_secure(&c.program_name);
                     }
                 }
+
+                inner.keyring_manager = match maybe_km {
+                    Ok(v) => Some(v),
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        log_pstore!(error "Failed to create secure keyring manager: {}", e);
+                        None
+                    }
+                };
             }
             if (c.protected_store.always_use_insecure_storage
                 || c.protected_store.allow_insecure_fallback)
@@ -78,6 +88,7 @@ impl ProtectedStore {
                 );
             }
             if inner.keyring_manager.is_none() {
+                log_pstore!(error "QWERQWER");
                 bail!("Could not initialize the protected store.");
             }
             c.protected_store.delete
diff --git a/veilid-flutter/lib/veilid.dart b/veilid-flutter/lib/veilid.dart
index 84709a11..e17ec7e9 100644
--- a/veilid-flutter/lib/veilid.dart
+++ b/veilid-flutter/lib/veilid.dart
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';
-import 'package:freezed_annotation/freezed_annotation.dart';
 import 'package:fixnum/fixnum.dart';
+import 'package:freezed_annotation/freezed_annotation.dart';
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
diff --git a/veilid-flutter/rust/Cargo.toml b/veilid-flutter/rust/Cargo.toml
index 11fb0f05..4b45d99e 100644
--- a/veilid-flutter/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-flutter/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ hostname = "^0"
 # Dependencies for Android builds only
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
 jni = "^0"
+paranoid-android = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs b/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
index 812f8ab9..00388f67 100644
--- a/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
+++ b/veilid-flutter/rust/src/dart_ffi.rs
@@ -166,14 +166,26 @@ pub extern "C" fn initialize_veilid_core(platform_config: FfiStr) {
 
     // Terminal logger
     if platform_config.logging.terminal.enabled {
-        let filter =
-            veilid_core::VeilidLayerFilter::new(platform_config.logging.terminal.level, None);
-        let layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new()
-            .compact()
-            .with_writer(std::io::stdout)
-            .with_filter(filter.clone());
-        filters.insert("terminal", filter);
-        layers.push(layer.boxed());
+        cfg_if! {
+            if #[cfg(target_os = "android")] {
+                let filter =
+                    veilid_core::VeilidLayerFilter::new(platform_config.logging.terminal.level, None);
+                let layer = paranoid_android::layer("veilid-flutter")
+                    .with_ansi(false)
+                    .with_filter(filter.clone());
+                filters.insert("terminal", filter);
+                layers.push(layer.boxed());
+            } else {
+                let filter =
+                    veilid_core::VeilidLayerFilter::new(platform_config.logging.terminal.level, None);
+                let layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new()
+                    .compact()
+                    .with_writer(std::io::stdout)
+                    .with_filter(filter.clone());
+                filters.insert("terminal", filter);
+                layers.push(layer.boxed());
+            }
+        }
     };
 
     // OpenTelemetry logger
@@ -237,6 +249,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn initialize_veilid_core(platform_config: FfiStr) {
         .try_init()
         .map_err(|e| format!("failed to initialize logging: {}", e))
         .expect("failed to initalize ffi platform");
+
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/veilid-tools/src/log_thru.rs b/veilid-tools/src/log_thru.rs
index 89ef8233..9988e7d5 100644
--- a/veilid-tools/src/log_thru.rs
+++ b/veilid-tools/src/log_thru.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ macro_rules! log_pstore {
     (warn $fmt:literal, $($arg:expr),+) => {
         warn!(target:"pstore", $fmt, $($arg),+);
     };
+    (debug $text:expr) => { debug!(
+        target: "pstore",
+        "{}",
+        $text,
+    )};
+    (debug $fmt:literal, $($arg:expr),+) => {
+        debug!(target:"pstore", $fmt, $($arg),+);
+    };
     ($text:expr) => {trace!(
         target: "pstore",
         "{}",