diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 92bbdc3..589386f 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class Conf {
   static get firehoseEnabled(): boolean {
     return optionalBooleanSchema.parse(Deno.env.get('FIREHOSE_ENABLED')) ?? true;
   }
-  /** Path to the custom policy module. Supports any value Deno's `import()` accepts, including relative path, absolute path, https:, npm:, and jsr:. */
+  /** Path to the custom policy module. Must be an absolute path, https:, npm:, or jsr: URI. */
   static get policy(): string {
     return Deno.env.get('DITTO_POLICY') || new URL('../data/policy.ts', import.meta.url).toString();
   }
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 83e3923..6162530 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NKinds, NostrEvent, NPolicy, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { LNURL } from '@nostrify/nostrify/ln';
 import { PipePolicy } from '@nostrify/nostrify/policies';
 import Debug from '@soapbox/stickynotes/debug';
+import { Stickynotes } from '@soapbox/stickynotes';
 import { sql } from 'kysely';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
 }
 
 async function policyFilter(event: NostrEvent): Promise<void> {
+  const console = new Stickynotes('ditto:policy');
+
   const policies: NPolicy[] = [
     new MuteListPolicy(Conf.pubkey, await Storages.admin()),
   ];
@@ -62,14 +65,16 @@ async function policyFilter(event: NostrEvent): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const CustomPolicy = (await import(Conf.policy)).default;
     policies.push(new CustomPolicy());
-  } catch (_e) {
-    debug('policy not found - https://docs.soapbox.pub/ditto/policies/');
+    console.info(`Using custom policy: ${Conf.policy}`);
+  } catch {
+    console.info('Custom policy not found <https://docs.soapbox.pub/ditto/policies/>');
   }
 
   const policy = new PipePolicy(policies.reverse());
 
   const result = await policy.call(event);
-  debug(JSON.stringify(result));
+  console.debug(JSON.stringify(result));
+
   RelayError.assert(result);
 }