diff --git a/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-auth.test.ts b/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-auth.test.ts
index 86ab1b6c08..bd19f46e7c 100644
--- a/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-auth.test.ts
+++ b/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/gh-auth.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createOctoClient, createGithubAppAuth, createGithubInstallationAuth } from './gh-auth';
+import { createOctoClient, createGithubAppAuth } from './gh-auth';
 import nock from 'nock';
 import { createAppAuth } from '@octokit/auth-app';
 
diff --git a/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-down.ts b/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-down.ts
index f96df1893b..d949791d30 100644
--- a/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-down.ts
+++ b/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-down.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ async function evaluateAndRemoveRunners(
 
   for (const ownerTag of ownerTags) {
     const ec2RunnersFiltered = ec2Runners.filter((runner) => runner.owner === ownerTag);
+    console.debug(`Found: '${ec2RunnersFiltered.length}' active GitHub runners with owner tag: '${ownerTag}'`);
     for (const ec2Runner of ec2RunnersFiltered) {
       const ghRunners = await listGitHubRunners(ec2Runner);
       const ghRunner = ghRunners.find((runner) => runner.name === ec2Runner.instanceId);
@@ -190,15 +191,20 @@ export async function scaleDown(): Promise<void> {
 
   // list and sort runners, newest first. This ensure we keep the newest runners longer.
   const ec2Runners = await listAndSortRunners(environment);
+  const activeEc2RunnersCount = ec2Runners.length;
+  console.info(`Found: '${activeEc2RunnersCount}' active GitHub EC2 runner instances before clean-up.`);
 
-  if (ec2Runners.length === 0) {
+  if (activeEc2RunnersCount === 0) {
     console.debug(`No active runners found for environment: '${environment}'`);
     return;
   }
   const legacyRunners = filterLegacyRunners(ec2Runners);
-  console.log(JSON.stringify(legacyRunners));
+  console.debug(JSON.stringify(legacyRunners));
   const runners = filterRunners(ec2Runners);
 
   await evaluateAndRemoveRunners(runners, scaleDownConfigs);
   await evaluateAndRemoveRunners(legacyRunners, scaleDownConfigs);
+
+  const activeEc2RunnersCountAfter = (await listAndSortRunners(environment)).length;
+  console.info(`Found: '${activeEc2RunnersCountAfter}' active GitHub EC2 runners instances after clean-up.`);
 }
diff --git a/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts b/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts
index 63a8f95111..62e1f8a09e 100644
--- a/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts
+++ b/modules/runners/lambdas/runners/src/scale-runners/scale-up.ts
@@ -112,13 +112,14 @@ async function getJobStatus(githubInstallationClient: Octokit, payload: ActionRe
 export async function createRunnerLoop(runnerParameters: RunnerInputParameters): Promise<void> {
   const launchTemplateNames = process.env.LAUNCH_TEMPLATE_NAME?.split(',') as string[];
   let launched = false;
-  for (const launchTemplateName of launchTemplateNames) {
-    console.info(`Attempting to launch instance using ${launchTemplateName}.`);
+  for (let i = 0; i < launchTemplateNames.length; i++) {
+    console.info(`Attempt '${i}' to launch instance using ${launchTemplateNames[i]}.`);
     try {
-      await createRunner(runnerParameters, launchTemplateName);
+      await createRunner(runnerParameters, launchTemplateNames[i]);
       launched = true;
       break;
     } catch (error) {
+      console.debug(`Attempt '${i}' to launch instance using ${launchTemplateNames[i]} FAILED.`);
       console.error(error);
     }
   }