diff --git a/packages/core/database/package.json b/packages/core/database/package.json
index cfac0973ce..cf81c5450a 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/database/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
     "semver": "^7.3.7",
     "sequelize": "^6.26.0",
     "umzug": "^3.1.1",
-    "uuid": "^9.0.1"
+    "uuid": "^9.0.1",
+    "safe-json-stringify": "^1.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/glob": "^7.2.0"
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/collection.ts b/packages/core/database/src/collection.ts
index dc997bc651..e83d91a7ad 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/collection.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/collection.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { Model } from './model';
 import { AdjacencyListRepository } from './repositories/tree-repository/adjacency-list-repository';
 import { Repository } from './repository';
 import { checkIdentifier, md5, snakeCase } from './utils';
+import safeJsonStringify from 'safe-json-stringify';
 
 export type RepositoryType = typeof Repository;
 
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ export class Collection<
   getFields() {
     return [...this.fields.values()];
   }
+
   addField(name: string, options: FieldOptions): Field {
     return this.setField(name, options);
   }
@@ -318,6 +320,8 @@ export class Collection<
 
     const { database } = this.context;
 
+    database.logger.debug(`beforeSetField: ${this.name}, ${name}, ${safeJsonStringify(options)}`);
+
     if (options.source) {
       const [sourceCollectionName, sourceFieldName] = options.source.split('.');
       const sourceCollection = this.db.collections.get(sourceCollectionName);
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/database.ts b/packages/core/database/src/database.ts
index e50f5044ba..33ce9088ec 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/database.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/database.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { backOff } from 'exponential-backoff';
 import glob from 'glob';
 import lodash from 'lodash';
+import safeJsonStringify from 'safe-json-stringify';
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid';
 import { basename, isAbsolute, resolve } from 'path';
 import semver from 'semver';
@@ -537,6 +538,8 @@ export class Database extends EventEmitter implements AsyncEmitter {
       options.underscored = true;
     }
 
+    this.logger.debug(`beforeDefineCollection: ${safeJsonStringify(options)}`);
+
     this.emit('beforeDefineCollection', options);
 
     const collection = this.collectionFactory.createCollection(options);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a5e4b4c923..d691fb027e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23240,6 +23240,11 @@ safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, s
   resolved "https://registry.npmmirror.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz#1eaf9fa9bdb1fdd4ec75f58f9cdb4e6b7827eec6"
   integrity sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ==
 
+safe-json-stringify@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmmirror.com/safe-json-stringify/-/safe-json-stringify-1.2.0.tgz#356e44bc98f1f93ce45df14bcd7c01cda86e0afd"
+  integrity sha512-gH8eh2nZudPQO6TytOvbxnuhYBOvDBBLW52tz5q6X58lJcd/tkmqFR+5Z9adS8aJtURSXWThWy/xJtJwixErvg==
+
 safe-regex-test@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmmirror.com/safe-regex-test/-/safe-regex-test-1.0.0.tgz#793b874d524eb3640d1873aad03596db2d4f2295"