diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/handler_manager.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/handler_manager.cpp
index 50b9d43..d979e20 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/handler_manager.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/handler_manager.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "handler_manager.h"
 
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 
 #include <android-base/logging.h>
@@ -132,6 +133,8 @@
 void SnapshotHandlerManager::RunThread(std::shared_ptr<HandlerThread> handler) {
     LOG(INFO) << "Entering thread for handler: " << handler->misc_name();
 
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Handler");
+
     if (!handler->snapuserd()->Start()) {
         LOG(ERROR) << " Failed to launch all worker threads";
     }
@@ -219,6 +222,7 @@
 }
 
 void SnapshotHandlerManager::MonitorMerge() {
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "Merge Monitor");
     while (!stop_monitor_merge_thread_) {
         uint64_t testVal;
         ssize_t ret =
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp
index 2d69721..11b8d7c 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/merge_worker.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 #include "merge_worker.h"
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include "snapuserd_core.h"
 #include "utility.h"
 
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@
         // Wait for RA thread to notify that the merge window
         // is ready for merging.
         if (!snapuserd_->WaitForMergeBegin()) {
+            SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Failed waiting for merge to begin";
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -303,7 +306,7 @@
                     // will fallback to synchronous I/O.
                     ret = io_uring_wait_cqe(ring_.get(), &cqe);
                     if (ret) {
-                        SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Merge: io_uring_wait_cqe failed: " << ret;
+                        SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Merge: io_uring_wait_cqe failed: " << strerror(-ret);
                         status = false;
                         break;
                     }
@@ -546,6 +549,9 @@
 
 bool MergeWorker::Run() {
     SNAP_LOG(DEBUG) << "Waiting for merge begin...";
+
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "MergeWorker");
+
     if (!snapuserd_->WaitForMergeBegin()) {
         SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Merge terminated early...";
         return true;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp
index e2c292b..b9ecfa5 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/read_worker.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "read_worker.h"
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include "snapuserd_core.h"
 #include "utility.h"
 
@@ -209,6 +211,8 @@
 bool ReadWorker::Run() {
     SNAP_LOG(INFO) << "Processing snapshot I/O requests....";
 
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "ReadWorker");
+
     if (!SetThreadPriority(kNiceValueForMergeThreads)) {
         SNAP_PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to set thread priority";
     }
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
index 5a82ca1..c295851 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.cpp
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@
     if (ra_thread_) {
         ra_thread_status =
                 std::async(std::launch::async, &ReadAhead::RunThread, read_ahead_thread_.get());
-
-        SNAP_LOG(INFO) << "Read-ahead thread started";
     }
 
     // Launch worker threads
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.h
index a45e0bc..622fc50 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_core.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <limits>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <ostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
 #include <unordered_map>
@@ -68,12 +69,13 @@
 #define SNAP_PLOG(level) PLOG(level) << misc_name_ << ": "
 
 enum class MERGE_IO_TRANSITION {
+    INVALID,
     MERGE_READY,
     MERGE_BEGIN,
     MERGE_FAILED,
     MERGE_COMPLETE,
     IO_TERMINATED,
-    READ_AHEAD_FAILURE,
+    READ_AHEAD_FAILURE
 };
 
 class MergeWorker;
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@
     bool populate_data_from_cow_ = false;
     bool ra_thread_ = false;
     int total_ra_blocks_merged_ = 0;
-    MERGE_IO_TRANSITION io_state_;
+    MERGE_IO_TRANSITION io_state_ = MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::INVALID;
     std::unique_ptr<ReadAhead> read_ahead_thread_;
     std::unordered_map<uint64_t, void*> read_ahead_buffer_map_;
 
@@ -246,5 +248,7 @@
     std::shared_ptr<IBlockServerOpener> block_server_opener_;
 };
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, MERGE_IO_TRANSITION value);
+
 }  // namespace snapshot
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
index 8b799ea..d2128c5 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_readahead.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "snapuserd_readahead.h"
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #include "snapuserd_core.h"
 #include "utility.h"
 
@@ -428,7 +430,7 @@
         // will fallback to synchronous I/O.
         int ret = io_uring_wait_cqe(ring_.get(), &cqe);
         if (ret) {
-            SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Read-ahead - io_uring_wait_cqe failed: " << ret;
+            SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Read-ahead - io_uring_wait_cqe failed: " << strerror(-ret);
             status = false;
             break;
         }
@@ -691,6 +693,7 @@
     // window. If there is a crash during this time frame, merge should resume
     // based on the contents of the scratch space.
     if (!snapuserd_->WaitForMergeReady()) {
+        SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "ReadAhead failed to wait for merge ready";
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -752,6 +755,10 @@
 }
 
 bool ReadAhead::RunThread() {
+    SNAP_LOG(INFO) << "ReadAhead thread started.";
+
+    pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "ReadAhead");
+
     if (!InitializeFds()) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -770,6 +777,7 @@
         SNAP_PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to set thread priority";
     }
 
+    SNAP_LOG(INFO) << "ReadAhead processing.";
     while (!RAIterDone()) {
         if (!ReadAheadIOStart()) {
             break;
@@ -780,7 +788,7 @@
     CloseFds();
     reader_->CloseCowFd();
 
-    SNAP_LOG(INFO) << " ReadAhead thread terminating....";
+    SNAP_LOG(INFO) << " ReadAhead thread terminating.";
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_transitions.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_transitions.cpp
index 28c9f68..52e4f89 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_transitions.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapuserd/user-space-merge/snapuserd_transitions.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
 
             if (io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::READ_AHEAD_FAILURE ||
                 io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::IO_TERMINATED) {
+                SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "WaitForMergeBegin failed with state: " << io_state_;
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@
 
         if (io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::READ_AHEAD_FAILURE ||
             io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::IO_TERMINATED) {
+            SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "WaitForMergeBegin failed with state: " << io_state_;
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@
         if (io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::MERGE_FAILED ||
             io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::MERGE_COMPLETE ||
             io_state_ == MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::IO_TERMINATED) {
+            SNAP_LOG(ERROR) << "Wait for merge ready failed: " << io_state_;
             return false;
         }
         return true;
@@ -668,5 +671,26 @@
     }
 }
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, MERGE_IO_TRANSITION value) {
+    switch (value) {
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::INVALID:
+            return os << "INVALID";
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::MERGE_READY:
+            return os << "MERGE_READY";
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::MERGE_BEGIN:
+            return os << "MERGE_BEGIN";
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::MERGE_FAILED:
+            return os << "MERGE_FAILED";
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::MERGE_COMPLETE:
+            return os << "MERGE_COMPLETE";
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::IO_TERMINATED:
+            return os << "IO_TERMINATED";
+        case MERGE_IO_TRANSITION::READ_AHEAD_FAILURE:
+            return os << "READ_AHEAD_FAILURE";
+        default:
+            return os << "unknown";
+    }
+}
+
 }  // namespace snapshot
 }  // namespace android