diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java
index 5c25c8603..65d430b40 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/scheduled/BeaconReportingTask.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.scheduled;
 
 import edu.internet2.tier.shibboleth.admin.ui.service.IBeaconDataService;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.spring.annotation.EnableSchedulerLock;
 import net.javacrumbs.shedlock.spring.annotation.SchedulerLock;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -14,11 +15,13 @@
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @Configuration
 @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "shibui.beacon.enabled", matchIfMissing=true)
 @EnableSchedulerLock(defaultLockAtMostFor = "${shibui.maxTask.lockTime:30m}")
+@Slf4j
 public class BeaconReportingTask {
     @Autowired
     IBeaconDataService dataService;
@@ -38,11 +41,13 @@ public void sendBeaconData() {
                 con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; utf-8");
                 con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
                 con.setDoOutput(true);
-                try(OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()){
-                    byte[] input = dataService.getBeaconData().getBytes("utf-8");
+                try (OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
+                    byte[] input = dataService.getBeaconData().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                     os.write(input, 0, input.length);
                 }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.info("TIER Beacon data sent to {} with response code: {}", url, con.getResponseCode());
+            }
+            catch (IOException e) {
                 e.printStackTrace();
             }
         });