diff --git a/src/logging/Logger.ts b/src/logging/Logger.ts
index 37a3326c..d3aa1d6d 100644
--- a/src/logging/Logger.ts
+++ b/src/logging/Logger.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ export class Logger implements ILogger {
         this._platform = platform;
     }
 
-    log(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, logLevel: LogLevel = LogLevel.Info): void {
+    log(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, logLevel: LogLevel = LogLevel.Info): ILogItem {
         const item = new LogItem(labelOrValues, logLevel, this);
         item.end = item.start;
         this._persistItem(item, undefined, false);
+        return item;
     }
 
     /** Prefer `run()` or `log()` above this method; only use it if you have a long-running operation
diff --git a/src/logging/types.ts b/src/logging/types.ts
index 0ed3b0dc..0f4f6150 100644
--- a/src/logging/types.ts
+++ b/src/logging/types.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export interface ILogItemCreator {
 */
 
 export interface ILogger {
-    log(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, logLevel?: LogLevel): void;
+    log(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, logLevel?: LogLevel): ILogItem;
     child(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, logLevel?: LogLevel, filterCreator?: FilterCreator): ILogItem;
     wrapOrRun<T>(item: ILogItem | undefined, labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, callback: LogCallback<T>, logLevel?: LogLevel, filterCreator?: FilterCreator): T;
     runDetached<T>(labelOrValues: LabelOrValues, callback: LogCallback<T>, logLevel?: LogLevel, filterCreator?: FilterCreator): ILogItem;
diff --git a/src/matrix/calls/group/GroupCall.ts b/src/matrix/calls/group/GroupCall.ts
index c90c7d2c..a8b6605f 100644
--- a/src/matrix/calls/group/GroupCall.ts
+++ b/src/matrix/calls/group/GroupCall.ts
@@ -104,14 +104,17 @@ export class GroupCall extends EventEmitter<{change: never}> {
             confId: this.id,
             emitUpdate: member => {
                 const memberKey = getMemberKey(member.userId, member.deviceId);
-                // only remove expired members from the call if we don't have a peer conn with them
+                // only remove expired members to whom we're not already connected
                 if (member.isExpired && !member.isConnected) {
+                    const logItem = this.options.logger.log({
+                        l: "removing expired member from call",
+                        memberKey,
+                        callId: this.id
+                    })
+                    member.logItem?.refDetached(logItem);
                     member.dispose();
                     this._members.remove(memberKey);
                 } else {
-                    if (member.isExpired && member.isConnected) {
-                        console.trace("was about to kick a connected but expired member");
-                    }
                     this._members.update(memberKey, member);
                 }
             },