diff --git a/controllers/hetznerbaremetalhost_controller.go b/controllers/hetznerbaremetalhost_controller.go
index 13ccfd8f4..a3348522f 100644
--- a/controllers/hetznerbaremetalhost_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/hetznerbaremetalhost_controller.go
@@ -69,13 +69,6 @@ func (r *HetznerBareMetalHostReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
 
 	start := time.Now()
-	defer func() {
-		// check duration of reconcile. Warn if it took too long.
-		duration := time.Since(start)
-		if duration > 15*time.Second {
-			log.Info("Reconcile took too long", "duration", duration, "res", res, "reterr", reterr)
-		}
-	}()
 
 	// Fetch the Hetzner bare metal host instance.
 	bmHost := &infrav1.HetznerBareMetalHost{}
@@ -87,10 +80,18 @@ func (r *HetznerBareMetalHostReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl
 		return reconcile.Result{}, err
 	}
 
+	log = log.WithValues("state", bmHost.Spec.Status.ProvisioningState)
+	ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, log)
+
 	initialProvisioningState := bmHost.Spec.Status.ProvisioningState
 	defer func() {
+		// check duration of reconcile. Warn if it took too long.
+		duration := time.Since(start)
+		if duration > 10*time.Second {
+			log.Info("Reconcile took too long", "duration", duration, "res", res, "reterr", reterr)
+		}
 		if initialProvisioningState != bmHost.Spec.Status.ProvisioningState {
-			log.Info("Provisioning state changed", "from", initialProvisioningState, "to", bmHost.Spec.Status.ProvisioningState)
+			log.Info("Provisioning state changed", "newState", bmHost.Spec.Status.ProvisioningState, "duration", duration)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ func (r *HetznerBareMetalHostReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl
 	}
 	if err := r.Client.Get(ctx, hetznerClusterName, hetznerCluster); err != nil {
 		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			log.Info("HetznerCluster not found. Requeueing")
 			return reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: 10 * time.Second}, nil
 		}
 		return reconcile.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get HetznerCluster: %w", err)
@@ -153,8 +155,6 @@ func (r *HetznerBareMetalHostReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl
 		return reconcile.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get Cluster: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	log = log.WithValues("Cluster", klog.KObj(cluster))
-
 	hetznerBareMetalMachine := &infrav1.HetznerBareMetalMachine{}
 
 	if bmHost.Spec.ConsumerRef != nil {
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ func (r *HetznerBareMetalHostReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl
 
 	log = log.WithValues("HetznerBareMetalMachine", klog.KObj(hetznerBareMetalMachine))
 
-	ctx = ctrl.LoggerInto(ctx, log)
-
 	// Get Hetzner robot api credentials
 	secretManager := secretutil.NewSecretManager(log, r.Client, r.APIReader)
 	robotCreds, err := getAndValidateRobotCredentials(ctx, req.Namespace, hetznerCluster, secretManager)