diff --git a/powermon/ports/serialport.py b/powermon/ports/serialport.py
index 99a0dbb..e440d5a 100644
--- a/powermon/ports/serialport.py
+++ b/powermon/ports/serialport.py
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ async def _serial_read_until_done(self, full_command):
             # maybe port has failed
             await self.disconnect()
             await self.connect()
+            log.info("response was empty")
             raise InvalidResponse("Response was empty")
         return response_line
         
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