diff --git a/core/gallery/backend_types.go b/core/gallery/backend_types.go
index 439355a46..855195219 100644
--- a/core/gallery/backend_types.go
+++ b/core/gallery/backend_types.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gallery
 import (
 	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/config"
 	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pkg/system"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
 // BackendMetadata represents the metadata stored in a JSON file for each installed backend
@@ -33,9 +34,11 @@ func (backend *GalleryBackend) FindBestBackendFromMeta(systemState *system.Syste
 
 	realBackend := backend.CapabilitiesMap[systemState.Capability(backend.CapabilitiesMap)]
 	if realBackend == "" {
+		log.Debug().Str("backend", backend.Name).Str("reportedCapability", systemState.Capability(backend.CapabilitiesMap)).Msg("No backend found for reported capability")
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	log.Debug().Str("backend", backend.Name).Str("reportedCapability", systemState.Capability(backend.CapabilitiesMap)).Msg("Found backend for reported capability")
 	return backends.FindByName(realBackend)
 }
 
diff --git a/core/services/backends.go b/core/services/backends.go
index fe6446b55..143c1bd14 100644
--- a/core/services/backends.go
+++ b/core/services/backends.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func (g *GalleryService) backendHandler(op *GalleryOp[gallery.GalleryBackend], s
 		g.modelLoader.DeleteExternalBackend(op.GalleryElementName)
 	} else {
 		log.Warn().Msgf("installing backend %s", op.GalleryElementName)
+		log.Debug().Msgf("backend galleries: %v", g.appConfig.BackendGalleries)
 		err = gallery.InstallBackendFromGallery(g.appConfig.BackendGalleries, systemState, op.GalleryElementName, g.appConfig.BackendsPath, progressCallback, true)
 		if err == nil {
 			err = gallery.RegisterBackends(g.appConfig.BackendsPath, g.modelLoader)
diff --git a/pkg/system/capabilities.go b/pkg/system/capabilities.go
index 8d86fa9a3..9a45d0772 100644
--- a/pkg/system/capabilities.go
+++ b/pkg/system/capabilities.go
@@ -25,20 +25,24 @@ func (s *SystemState) Capability(capMap map[string]string) string {
 
 	// Check if the reported capability is in the map
 	if _, exists := capMap[reportedCapability]; exists {
+		log.Debug().Str("reportedCapability", reportedCapability).Any("capMap", capMap).Msg("Using reported capability")
 		return reportedCapability
 	}
 
+	log.Debug().Str("reportedCapability", reportedCapability).Any("capMap", capMap).Msg("The requested capability was not found, using default capability")
 	// Otherwise, return the default capability (catch-all)
 	return defaultCapability
 }
 
 func (s *SystemState) getSystemCapabilities() string {
 	if os.Getenv("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY") != "" {
+		log.Debug().Str("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY", os.Getenv("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY")).Msg("Using forced capability")
 		return os.Getenv("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY")
 	}
 
 	capabilityRunFile := "/run/localai/capability"
 	if os.Getenv("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY_RUN_FILE") != "" {
+		log.Debug().Str("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY_RUN_FILE", os.Getenv("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY_RUN_FILE")).Msg("Using forced capability run file")
 		capabilityRunFile = os.Getenv("LOCALAI_FORCE_META_BACKEND_CAPABILITY_RUN_FILE")
 	}
 
@@ -48,31 +52,37 @@ func (s *SystemState) getSystemCapabilities() string {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(capabilityRunFile); err == nil {
 		capability, err := os.ReadFile(capabilityRunFile)
 		if err == nil {
-			return string(capability)
+			log.Debug().Str("capability", string(capability)).Msg("Using capability from run file")
+			return strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(string(capability)), "\n")
 		}
 	}
 
 	// If we are on mac and arm64, we will return metal
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {
+		log.Debug().Msg("Using metal capability")
 		return metal
 	}
 
 	// If we are on mac and x86, we will return darwin-x86
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" && runtime.GOARCH == "amd64" {
+		log.Debug().Msg("Using darwin-x86 capability")
 		return darwinX86
 	}
 
 	// If arm64 on linux and a nvidia gpu is detected, we will return nvidia-l4t
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" && runtime.GOARCH == "arm64" {
 		if s.GPUVendor == "nvidia" {
+			log.Debug().Msg("Using nvidia-l4t capability")
 			return nvidiaL4T
 		}
 	}
 
 	if s.GPUVendor == "" {
+		log.Debug().Msg("Using default capability")
 		return defaultCapability
 	}
 
+	log.Debug().Str("GPUVendor", s.GPUVendor).Msg("Using GPU vendor capability")
 	return s.GPUVendor
 }