diff --git a/synthesis/segment/text_block.py b/synthesis/segment/text_block.py
index c093d19..aeed013 100644
--- a/synthesis/segment/text_block.py
+++ b/synthesis/segment/text_block.py
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ from typing import List
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 from funcy import first
 
+from cv_analysis.logging import dev_logger, dev_log
 from cv_analysis.utils.image_operations import superimpose
 from cv_analysis.utils.rectangle import Rectangle
 from synthesis.segment.content_rectangle import ContentRectangle
-from synthesis.text.text_block_generator.paragraph import ParagraphGenerator
 from synthesis.text.font import pick_random_mono_space_font_available_on_system
+from synthesis.text.text_block_generator.paragraph import ParagraphGenerator
 
 
 class TextBlock(ContentRectangle):
     def __init__(self, x1, y1, x2, y2, text_generator=None, font=None, font_size=None):
+        dev_logger.trace(f"Creating text block at {x1, y1, x2, y2}.")
         super().__init__(x1, y1, x2, y2)
         self.font = font or ImageFont.load_default()  # pick_random_font_available_on_system(size=font_size)
         self.text_generator = text_generator or ParagraphGenerator()
@@ -19,11 +21,13 @@ class TextBlock(ContentRectangle):
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         pass
 
-    def generate_random_text(self, rectangle: Rectangle, n_sentences=3000):
+    @dev_log()
+    def generate_random_text(self, rectangle: Rectangle, n_sentences=30):
         lines = self.text_generator(rectangle, n_sentences)
         image = write_lines_to_image(lines, rectangle, self.font)
         return self.__put_content(image)
 
+    @dev_log()
     def put_text(self, text: str, rectangle: Rectangle):
 
         text_width, text_height = self.font.getsize(text)
@@ -40,13 +44,16 @@ class TextBlock(ContentRectangle):
         draw.text((0, 0), text, font=self.font, fill=(0, 0, 0, 255))
         return self.__put_content(image)
 
+    @dev_log()
     def __put_content(self, image: Image.Image):
         self.content = image if not self.content else superimpose(self.content, image)
         assert self.content.mode == "RGBA"
         return self
 
 
+@dev_log()
 def write_lines_to_image(lines: List[str], rectangle: Rectangle, font=None) -> Image.Image:
+    @dev_log()
     def write_line(line, line_number):
         draw.text((0, line_number * text_size), line, font=font, fill=(0, 0, 0, 255))