diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 65c4a0562e..d7412d3b9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2857,6 +2857,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-test",
  "wasm-types",
+ "web-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 87a9dd71ae..3bb70e4db1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ hex = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 iai = "0.1"
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 js-sys = "=0.3.64"
+web-sys = { version = "0.3.64", features = ["DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope", "console","MessageEvent"] }
 libc = "=0.2.169"
 libflate = "2"
 log = "0.4.20"
diff --git a/plonk-wasm/Cargo.toml b/plonk-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 79bfc2b225..34b830ed8c 100644
--- a/plonk-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plonk-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ base64.workspace = true
 console_error_panic_hook.workspace = true
 getrandom = { workspace = true, features = ["js"] }
 js-sys.workspace = true
+web-sys.workspace = true
 libc.workspace = true
 num-bigint.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
diff --git a/plonk-wasm/src/lib.rs b/plonk-wasm/src/lib.rs
index e62068ba94..763349a05c 100644
--- a/plonk-wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/plonk-wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@ use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 
 mod wasm_vector;
 
+use wasm_bindgen::JsValue;
+
+use wasm_bindgen::JsCast;
+use web_sys;
+
+fn send_message_from_worker(msg: &JsValue) {
+    // TODO: Use a more structured approach and msg format
+    // also TODO: ideally use worker communication - look into how web_sys does it
+    // right now this looks to the console right away, which is cool, but having actual worker comms is more useful
+    web_sys::console::log_1(msg);
+    postMessageToMain(msg);
+}
+
+#[wasm_bindgen]
+extern "C" {
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = postMessage)]
+    fn postMessageToMain(data: &JsValue);
+}
+
 #[wasm_bindgen]
 extern "C" {
     pub fn alert(s: &str);
diff --git a/plonk-wasm/src/pasta_fp_plonk_index.rs b/plonk-wasm/src/pasta_fp_plonk_index.rs
index b56347c23f..af2b33b019 100644
--- a/plonk-wasm/src/pasta_fp_plonk_index.rs
+++ b/plonk-wasm/src/pasta_fp_plonk_index.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,16 @@ pub fn caml_pasta_fp_plonk_index_create(
     lazy_mode: bool,
 ) -> Result<WasmPastaFpPlonkIndex, JsError> {
     console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
-    let index = crate::rayon::run_in_pool(|| {
+    super::send_message_from_worker(&JsValue::from_str("hello from Rayon thread!"));
+    let index: Result<
+        ProverIndex<
+            ark_ec::short_weierstrass::Affine<VestaParameters>,
+            OpeningProof<ark_ec::short_weierstrass::Affine<VestaParameters>>,
+        >,
+        &str,
+    > = crate::rayon::run_in_pool(|| {
+        super::send_message_from_worker(&JsValue::from_str("hello from Rayon worker!"));
+
         // flatten the permutation information (because OCaml has a different way of keeping track of permutations)
         let gates: Vec<_> = gates
             .0
@@ -123,6 +132,12 @@ pub fn caml_pasta_fp_plonk_index_create(
             })
             .collect();
 
+        super::send_message_from_worker(&JsValue::from_str("hello from Rayon again!"));
+        super::send_message_from_worker(&JsValue::from_str(&format!(
+            "logging something from rayon {:?}",
+            gates[0].typ
+        )));
+
         let rust_runtime_table_cfgs: Vec<RuntimeTableCfg<Fp>> =
             runtime_table_cfgs.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect();
 
@@ -160,6 +175,7 @@ pub fn caml_pasta_fp_plonk_index_create(
             srs.0.clone(),
             lazy_mode,
         );
+
         // Compute and cache the verifier index digest
         index.compute_verifier_index_digest::<DefaultFqSponge<VestaParameters, PlonkSpongeConstantsKimchi>>();
         Ok(index)