diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index d4804cfe0..da554ba62 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -859,8 +859,6 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     }
 
     func application(_ app: NSApplication, willEncodeRestorableState coder: NSCoder) {
-        Self.logger.debug("application will save window state")
-
         guard ghostty.config.windowSaveState != "never" else { return }
 
         // Encode our quick terminal state if we have it.
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalRestorable.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalRestorable.swift
index 495a6b61f..f3a166420 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalRestorable.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalRestorable.swift
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ extension TerminalRestorable {
     static var selfKey: String { "state" }
     static var versionKey: String { "version" }
 
+    private var debugDescription: String {
+        withUnsafePointer(to: self) { ptr in
+            "<\(ptr)>[version: \(Self.version)]"
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Default implementation returns nil (no custom base config).
     var baseConfig: Ghostty.SurfaceConfiguration? { nil }
 
@@ -45,6 +51,8 @@ extension TerminalRestorable {
     func encode(with coder: NSCoder) {
         coder.encode(Self.version, forKey: Self.versionKey)
         coder.encode(CodableBridge(self), forKey: Self.selfKey)
+
+        AppDelegate.logger.debug("saved terminal state: \(debugDescription)")
     }
 }