diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/AcceptableSizeSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/AcceptableSizeSpecification.cs
index e63edaa8c..88ea7550c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/AcceptableSizeSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/AcceptableSizeSpecification.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public virtual bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase sear
             if (quality == Quality.Unknown)
             {
                 _logger.Trace("Unknown quality. skipping size check.");
-                return false;
+                return true;
             }
 
             var qualityDefinition = _qualityDefinitionService.Get(quality);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/BlacklistSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/BlacklistSpecification.cs
index 635c95909..dc800715e 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/BlacklistSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/BlacklistSpecification.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public virtual bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase sear
 
             if (_blacklistService.Blacklisted(subject.Release.Title))
             {
-                _logger.Trace("{0} is blacklisted", subject.Release.Title);
+                _logger.Trace("{0} is blacklisted, rejecting.", subject.Release.Title);
                 return false;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/CutoffSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/CutoffSpecification.cs
index f43df2836..e087c6ef3 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/CutoffSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/CutoffSpecification.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public virtual bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase sear
                 
                 if (!_qualityUpgradableSpecification.CutoffNotMet(subject.Series.QualityProfile, file.Quality, subject.ParsedEpisodeInfo.Quality))
                 {
+                    _logger.Trace("Cutoff already met, rejecting.");
                     return false;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotInQueueSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotInQueueSpecification.cs
index 3827f26a7..2b7f51ca0 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotInQueueSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotInQueueSpecification.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ public bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase searchCriter
 
             var queue = downloadClient.GetQueue().Select(q => q.RemoteEpisode);
 
-            return !IsInQueue(subject, queue);
+            if (IsInQueue(subject, queue))
+            {
+                _logger.Trace("Already in queue, rejecting.");
+            }
+
+            return true;
         }
 
         private bool IsInQueue(RemoteEpisode newEpisode, IEnumerable<RemoteEpisode> queue)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotSampleSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotSampleSpecification.cs
index afcb7149a..5d6a2da77 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotSampleSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/NotSampleSpecification.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-using NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.Definitions;
+using NLog;
+using NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.Definitions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.DecisionEngine.Specifications
 {
     public class NotSampleSpecification : IDecisionEngineSpecification
     {
+        private readonly Logger _logger;
         public string RejectionReason { get { return "Sample"; } }
 
+        public NotSampleSpecification(Logger logger)
+        {
+            _logger = logger;
+        }
+
         public bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase searchCriteria)
         {
             if (subject.Release.Title.ToLower().Contains("sample") && subject.Release.Size < 70.Megabytes())
             {
+                _logger.Trace("Sample release, rejecting.");
                 return false;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/HistorySpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/HistorySpecification.cs
index 808bba106..b2e034cac 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/HistorySpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/HistorySpecification.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public virtual bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase sear
 
                     if (mostRecent != null && mostRecent.EventType == HistoryEventType.Grabbed)
                     {
+                        _logger.Trace("Latest history item is downloading, rejecting.");
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/ProperSpecification.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/ProperSpecification.cs
index f0a133409..6d099eeba 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/ProperSpecification.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/DecisionEngine/Specifications/RssSync/ProperSpecification.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public virtual bool IsSatisfiedBy(RemoteEpisode subject, SearchCriteriaBase sear
                 {
                     if (file.DateAdded < DateTime.Today.AddDays(-7))
                     {
-                        _logger.Trace("Proper for old file, skipping: {0}", subject);
+                        _logger.Trace("Proper for old file, rejecting: {0}", subject);
                         return false;
                     }