diff --git a/src/apiutils.nim b/src/apiutils.nim
index ae459fa..defffd1 100644
--- a/src/apiutils.nim
+++ b/src/apiutils.nim
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ proc getAndValidateSession*(api: Api): Future[Session] {.async.} =
   case result.kind
   of SessionKind.oauth:
     if result.oauthToken.len == 0:
-      echo "[sessions] Empty oauth token, session: ", result.id
+      echo "[sessions] Empty oauth token, session: ", result.pretty
       raise rateLimitError()
   of SessionKind.cookie:
     if result.authToken.len == 0 or result.ct0.len == 0:
-      echo "[sessions] Empty cookie credentials, session: ", result.id
+      echo "[sessions] Empty cookie credentials, session: ", result.pretty
       raise rateLimitError()
 
 template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
             setLimited(session, api)
             raise rateLimitError()
       elif result.startsWith("429 Too Many Requests"):
-        echo "[sessions] 429 error, API: ", api, ", session: ", session.id
+        echo "[sessions] 429 error, API: ", api, ", session: ", session.pretty
         session.apis[api].remaining = 0
         # rate limit hit, resets after the 15 minute window
         raise rateLimitError()
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ template fetchImpl(result, fetchBody) {.dirty.} =
   except OSError as e:
     raise e
   except Exception as e:
-    let id = if session.isNil: "null" else: $session.id
-    echo "error: ", e.name, ", msg: ", e.msg, ", sessionId: ", id, ", url: ", url
+    let s = session.pretty
+    echo "error: ", e.name, ", msg: ", e.msg, ", session: ", s, ", url: ", url
     raise rateLimitError()
   finally:
     release(session)
diff --git a/src/auth.nim b/src/auth.nim
index 9f9fe8a..6c52918 100644
--- a/src/auth.nim
+++ b/src/auth.nim
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ var
 template log(str: varargs[string, `$`]) =
   echo "[sessions] ", str.join("")
 
+proc pretty*(session: Session): string =
+  if session.isNil:
+    return "<null>"
+
+  if session.id > 0 and session.username.len > 0:
+    result = $session.id & " (" & session.username & ")"
+  elif session.username.len > 0:
+    result = session.username
+  elif session.id > 0:
+    result = $session.id
+  else:
+    result = "<unknown>"
+  result = $session.kind & " " & result
+
 proc snowflakeToEpoch(flake: int64): int64 =
   int64(((flake shr 22) + 1288834974657) div 1000)
 
@@ -130,7 +144,7 @@ proc isLimited(session: Session; api: Api): bool =
   if session.limited and api != Api.userTweets:
     if (epochTime().int - session.limitedAt) > hourInSeconds:
       session.limited = false
-      log "resetting limit: ", session.id
+      log "resetting limit: ", session.pretty
       return false
     else:
       return true
@@ -146,7 +160,7 @@ proc isReady(session: Session; api: Api): bool =
 
 proc invalidate*(session: var Session) =
   if session.isNil: return
-  log "invalidating: ", session.id
+  log "invalidating: ", session.pretty
 
   # TODO: This isn't sufficient, but it works for now
   let idx = sessionPool.find(session)
@@ -171,7 +185,7 @@ proc getSession*(api: Api): Future[Session] {.async.} =
 proc setLimited*(session: Session; api: Api) =
   session.limited = true
   session.limitedAt = epochTime().int
-  log "rate limited by api: ", api, ", reqs left: ", session.apis[api].remaining, ", id: ", session.id
+  log "rate limited by api: ", api, ", reqs left: ", session.apis[api].remaining, ", ", session.pretty
 
 proc setRateLimit*(session: Session; api: Api; remaining, reset, limit: int) =
   # avoid undefined behavior in race conditions
diff --git a/src/experimental/parser/session.nim b/src/experimental/parser/session.nim
index bb31d83..2e5a171 100644
--- a/src/experimental/parser/session.nim
+++ b/src/experimental/parser/session.nim
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ proc parseSession*(raw: string): Session =
     result = Session(
       kind: SessionKind.oauth,
       id: parseBiggestInt(id),
+      username: session.username,
       oauthToken: session.oauthToken,
       oauthSecret: session.oauthTokenSecret
     )
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ proc parseSession*(raw: string): Session =
     result = Session(
       kind: SessionKind.cookie,
       id: id,
+      username: session.username,
       authToken: session.authToken,
       ct0: session.ct0
     )
diff --git a/src/experimental/types/session.nim b/src/experimental/types/session.nim
index dd6be22..dfec428 100644
--- a/src/experimental/types/session.nim
+++ b/src/experimental/types/session.nim
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 type
   RawSession* = object
     kind*: string
-    username*: string
     id*: string
+    username*: string
     oauthToken*: string
     oauthTokenSecret*: string
     authToken*: string
diff --git a/src/types.nim b/src/types.nim
index 092d85f..55d990d 100644
--- a/src/types.nim
+++ b/src/types.nim
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type
 
   Session* = ref object
     id*: int64
+    username*: string
     pending*: int
     limited*: bool
     limitedAt*: int