diff --git a/internal/ocm-cli/component_getter.go b/internal/ocm-cli/component_getter.go
index 91762ee..0a5c0b3 100644
--- a/internal/ocm-cli/component_getter.go
+++ b/internal/ocm-cli/component_getter.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/openmcp-project/bootstrapper/internal/log"
 )
 
 type ComponentGetter struct {
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ func (g *ComponentGetter) OCMConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (g *ComponentGetter) GetReferencedComponentVersion(ctx context.Context, parentCV *ComponentVersion, refName string) (*ComponentVersion, error) {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+	logger.Tracef("Comp_Getter: Getting component reference %s in component version %s", refName, parentCV.Component.Name)
+
 	ref, err := parentCV.GetComponentReference(refName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting component reference %s: %w", refName, err)
@@ -97,10 +102,14 @@ func (g *ComponentGetter) GetReferencedComponentVersion(ctx context.Context, par
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting component version %s: %w", location, err)
 	}
 
+	logger.Tracef("Comp_Getter: Found component reference %s in component version %s", refName, parentCV.Component.Name)
 	return cv, nil
 }
 
 func (g *ComponentGetter) GetReferencedComponentVersionRecursive(ctx context.Context, parentCV *ComponentVersion, refName string) (*ComponentVersion, error) {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+	logger.Tracef("Comp_Getter: Searching for component reference %s in component version %s", refName, parentCV.Component.Name)
+
 	// First, try to get the reference directly from the parent component version
 	ref, err := g.GetReferencedComponentVersion(ctx, parentCV, refName)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -123,6 +132,9 @@ func (g *ComponentGetter) GetReferencedComponentVersionRecursive(ctx context.Con
 }
 
 func (g *ComponentGetter) GetComponentVersionForResourceRecursive(ctx context.Context, parentCV *ComponentVersion, resourceName string) (*ComponentVersion, error) {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+	logger.Tracef("Comp_Getter: Searching for resource %s in component version %s", resourceName, parentCV.Component.Name)
+
 	// Check if the resource exists in the current component version
 	_, err := parentCV.GetResource(resourceName)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -149,6 +161,9 @@ func (g *ComponentGetter) DownloadTemplatesResource(ctx context.Context, downloa
 }
 
 func (g *ComponentGetter) DownloadDirectoryResourceByLocation(ctx context.Context, rootCV *ComponentVersion, location string, downloadDir string) error {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+	logger.Tracef("Comp_Getter: Downloading directory resource from location %s", location)
+
 	var err error
 
 	location = strings.TrimSpace(location)
diff --git a/internal/template/template.go b/internal/template/template.go
index 500abea..c2c6e23 100644
--- a/internal/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/template/template.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
+	"github.com/openmcp-project/bootstrapper/internal/log"
+
 	ocmcli "github.com/openmcp-project/bootstrapper/internal/ocm-cli"
 	"github.com/openmcp-project/bootstrapper/internal/util"
 )
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ func fromYAML(input string) (any, error) {
 }
 
 func getComponentVersionByReference(ctx context.Context, compGetter *ocmcli.ComponentGetter, args ...interface{}) *ocmcli.ComponentVersion {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+
 	if compGetter == nil {
 		panic("ComponentGetter must not be nil")
 	}
@@ -45,8 +49,13 @@ func getComponentVersionByReference(ctx context.Context, compGetter *ocmcli.Comp
 		parentCv = args[0].(*ocmcli.ComponentVersion)
 	}
 
+	logger.Tracef("Template_Func: getComponentVersionByReference called with parent component version: %s and reference name: %s", parentCv.Component.Name, referenceName)
+
 	cv, err := compGetter.GetReferencedComponentVersionRecursive(ctx, parentCv, referenceName)
 	if err != nil || cv == nil {
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("Template_Func: getComponentVersionByReference error getting component version by reference %s from parent component version %s: %v", referenceName, parentCv.Component.Name, err)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -73,12 +82,18 @@ func componentVersionAsMap(cv *ocmcli.ComponentVersion) map[string]interface{} {
 }
 
 func getResourceFromComponentVersion(compGetter *ocmcli.ComponentGetter, cv *ocmcli.ComponentVersion, resourceName string) map[string]interface{} {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+	logger.Tracef("Template_Func: getResourceFromComponentVersion called with component version: %s and resource name: %s", cv.Component.Name, resourceName)
+
 	if compGetter == nil {
 		panic("ComponentGetter must not be nil")
 	}
 
 	res, err := cv.GetResource(resourceName)
 	if err != nil || res == nil {
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("Template_Func: getResourceFromComponentVersion error getting resource %s from component version %s: %v", resourceName, cv.Component.Name, err)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -105,12 +120,16 @@ func getOCMRepository(compGetter *ocmcli.ComponentGetter) string {
 }
 
 func listComponentVersions(ctx context.Context, compGetter *ocmcli.ComponentGetter, cv *ocmcli.ComponentVersion) []string {
+	logger := log.GetLogger()
+	logger.Tracef("Template_Func: listComponentVersions called with component version: %s", cv.Component.Name)
+
 	if compGetter == nil {
 		panic("ComponentGetter must not be nil")
 	}
 
 	versions, err := cv.ListComponentVersions(ctx, compGetter.OCMConfig())
 	if err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("Template_Func: listComponentVersions error listing component versions for component %s: %v", cv.Component.Name, err)
 		return nil
 	}