diff --git a/voicemeeterlib/remote.py b/voicemeeterlib/remote.py
index 0bb2c84..88d6448 100644
--- a/voicemeeterlib/remote.py
+++ b/voicemeeterlib/remote.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Remote(CBindings):
         self.cache = {}
         self.midi = Midi()
         self.subject = self.observer = Subject()
-        self.running = None
+        self.running = False
         self.event = Event(
             {k: kwargs.pop(k) for k in ("pdirty", "mdirty", "midi", "ldirty")}
         )
@@ -53,16 +53,14 @@ class Remote(CBindings):
         """Starts updates thread."""
         self.running = True
         self.event.info()
-        self.cache["strip_level"], self.cache["bus_level"] = self._get_levels()
 
+        self.logger.debug("initiating events thread")
         queue = Queue()
         self.updater = Updater(self, queue)
         self.updater.start()
         self.producer = Producer(self, queue)
         self.producer.start()
 
-        self.logger.debug("events thread initiated!")
-
     def login(self) -> NoReturn:
         """Login to the API, initialize dirty parameters"""
         res = self.call(self.vm_login, ok=(0, 1))
@@ -298,8 +296,8 @@ class Remote(CBindings):
         self.logger.info(f"{type(self).__name__}: Successfully logged out of {self}")
 
     def end_thread(self):
+        self.logger.debug("events thread shutdown started")
         self.running = False
-        self.logger.debug("events thread stopped")
 
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, exc_traceback) -> NoReturn:
         """teardown procedures"""
diff --git a/voicemeeterlib/updater.py b/voicemeeterlib/updater.py
index f3be155..90104d3 100644
--- a/voicemeeterlib/updater.py
+++ b/voicemeeterlib/updater.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import logging
 import threading
 import time
 
 from .util import comp
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Producer(threading.Thread):
     """Continously send job queue to the Updater thread at a rate of self._remote.ratelimit."""
@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ class Producer(threading.Thread):
         super().__init__(name="producer", daemon=True)
         self._remote = remote
         self.queue = queue
+        self.logger = logger.getChild(self.__class__.__name__)
 
     def run(self):
         while self._remote.running:
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ class Producer(threading.Thread):
             if self._remote.event.ldirty:
                 self.queue.put("ldirty")
             time.sleep(self._remote.ratelimit)
+        self.logger.debug(f"terminating {self.getName()} thread")
         self.queue.put(None)
 
 
@@ -35,6 +40,11 @@ class Updater(threading.Thread):
             2 * self._remote.kind.phys_in + 8 * self._remote.kind.virt_in
         )
         self._remote._bus_comp = [False] * (self._remote.kind.num_bus * 8)
+        (
+            self._remote.cache["strip_level"],
+            self._remote.cache["bus_level"],
+        ) = self._remote._get_levels()
+        self.logger = logger.getChild(self.__class__.__name__)
 
     def _update_comps(self, strip_level, bus_level):
         self._remote._strip_comp, self._remote._bus_comp = (
@@ -51,6 +61,7 @@ class Updater(threading.Thread):
         while True:
             event = self.queue.get()
             if event is None:
+                self.logger.debug(f"terminating {self.getName()} thread")
                 break
 
             if event == "pdirty" and self._remote.pdirty: