diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index af555a23..831461bf 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ export {
   encodeSnapshotV2,
   decodeStateVector,
   decodeStateVectorV2,
+  logUpdate,
+  logUpdateV2,
   isDeleted,
   isParentOf,
   equalSnapshots,
diff --git a/src/utils/updates.js b/src/utils/updates.js
index e0b6733c..9fa49f8a 100644
--- a/src/utils/updates.js
+++ b/src/utils/updates.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import * as binary from 'lib0/binary.js'
 import * as decoding from 'lib0/decoding.js'
 import * as encoding from 'lib0/encoding.js'
+import * as logging from 'lib0/logging.js'
 import {
   createID,
   readItemContent,
@@ -82,6 +83,26 @@ export class LazyStructReader {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {Uint8Array} update
+ *
+ */
+export const logUpdate = update => logUpdateV2(update, UpdateDecoderV1)
+
+/**
+ * @param {Uint8Array} update
+ * @param {typeof UpdateDecoderV2 | typeof UpdateDecoderV1} [YDecoder]
+ *
+ */
+export const logUpdateV2 = (update, YDecoder = UpdateDecoderV2) => {
+  const structs = []
+  const lazyDecoder = new LazyStructReader(new YDecoder(decoding.createDecoder(update)))
+  for (let curr = lazyDecoder.curr; curr !== null; curr = lazyDecoder.next()) {
+    structs.push(curr)
+  }
+  logging.print(structs)
+}
+
 export class LazyStructWriter {
   /**
    * @param {UpdateEncoderV1 | UpdateEncoderV2} encoder
diff --git a/tests/updates.tests.js b/tests/updates.tests.js
index 108c5535..25fec654 100644
--- a/tests/updates.tests.js
+++ b/tests/updates.tests.js
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ export const testMergeUpdatesWrongOrder = tc => {
   ])
 
   const targetState = Y.encodeStateAsUpdate(ydoc)
+  t.info('Target State: ')
+  Y.logUpdate(targetState)
   ;[wrongOrder, overlapping, separated].forEach((updates, i) => {
+    t.info('State $' + i + ':')
+    Y.logUpdate(updates)
     const merged = new Y.Doc()
     Y.applyUpdate(merged, updates)
     t.compareArrays(merged.getArray().toArray(), array.toArray())