diff --git a/test/framework/fixtures/libgoalFixture.go b/test/framework/fixtures/libgoalFixture.go
index af84e4d2e1..e6ad44e060 100644
--- a/test/framework/fixtures/libgoalFixture.go
+++ b/test/framework/fixtures/libgoalFixture.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package fixtures
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -311,6 +312,10 @@ func (f *LibGoalFixture) ShutdownImpl(preserveData bool) {
 	f.NC.StopKMD()
 	if preserveData {
 		f.network.Stop(f.binDir)
+		f.dumpLogs(filepath.Join(f.PrimaryDataDir(), "node.log"))
+		for _, nodeDir := range f.NodeDataDirs() {
+			f.dumpLogs(filepath.Join(nodeDir, "node.log"))
+		}
 	} else {
 		f.network.Delete(f.binDir)
 
@@ -324,6 +329,24 @@ func (f *LibGoalFixture) ShutdownImpl(preserveData bool) {
 	}
 }
 
+// dumpLogs prints out log files for the running nodes
+func (f *LibGoalFixture) dumpLogs(filePath string) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		f.t.Logf("could not open %s", filePath)
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	f.t.Log("=================================\n")
+	parts := strings.Split(filePath, "/")
+	f.t.Logf("%s/%s:", parts[len(parts)-2], parts[len(parts)-1]) // Primary/node.log
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		f.t.Logf(scanner.Text())
+	}
+}
+
 // intercept baseFixture.failOnError so we can clean up any algods that are still alive
 func (f *LibGoalFixture) failOnError(err error, message string) {
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/framework/fixtures/restClientFixture.go b/test/framework/fixtures/restClientFixture.go
index 7265c560cb..0e6f6ec5c8 100644
--- a/test/framework/fixtures/restClientFixture.go
+++ b/test/framework/fixtures/restClientFixture.go
@@ -265,6 +265,22 @@ func (f *RestClientFixture) WaitForAllTxnsToConfirm(roundTimeout uint64, txidsAn
 	for txid, addr := range txidsAndAddresses {
 		_, err := f.WaitForConfirmedTxn(roundTimeout, addr, txid)
 		if err != nil {
+			f.t.Logf("txn failed to confirm: ", addr, txid)
+			pendingTxns, err := f.AlgodClient.GetPendingTransactions(0)
+			if err == nil {
+				pendingTxids := make([]string, 0, pendingTxns.TotalTxns)
+				for _, txn := range pendingTxns.TruncatedTxns.Transactions {
+					pendingTxids = append(pendingTxids, txn.TxID)
+				}
+				f.t.Logf("pending txids: ", pendingTxids)
+			} else {
+				f.t.Logf("unable to log pending txns, ", err)
+			}
+			allTxids := make([]string, 0, len(txidsAndAddresses))
+			for txID := range txidsAndAddresses {
+				allTxids = append(allTxids, txID)
+			}
+			f.t.Logf("all txids: ", allTxids)
 			return false
 		}
 	}