diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
index a0d0a99a7..4481f7680 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/MainActivity.kt
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), Logging,
                 fun postPing() {
                     // Send ping message and arrange delayed recursion.
                     debug("Sending ping")
-                    val str = "Ping " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT)
+                    val str = "Ping " + DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM)
                         .format(Date(System.currentTimeMillis()))
                     model.messagesState.sendMessage(str)
                     handler.postDelayed(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
index 45b311f8a..f0a27b574 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/MeshService.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.content.BroadcastReceiver
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.IntentFilter
+import android.os.Build
 import android.os.IBinder
 import android.os.RemoteException
 import android.widget.Toast
@@ -734,7 +735,8 @@ class MeshService : Service(), Logging {
         val packet = toMeshPacket(p)
         p.status = MessageStatus.ENROUTE
         p.time = System.currentTimeMillis() // update time to the actual time we started sending
-        // debug("SENDING TO RADIO: $packet")
+        if(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
+            debug("Sending to radio: $packet") // IMPORTANT: we only log this info for debug builds, because it might leak PII
         sendToRadio(packet)
     }