diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts
index 2d28837c2076..fd29c064d3eb 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/batch-submitter.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ export abstract class BatchSubmitter {
     }
     await this._updateChainInfo()
     await this._checkBalance()
+    this.log.info('Readying to submit next batch...', {
+      l2ChainId: this.l2ChainId,
+      batchSubmitterAddress: await this.signer.getAddress(),
+    })
 
     if (this.syncing === true) {
       this.log.info(
@@ -225,7 +229,7 @@ export abstract class BatchSubmitter {
       this.log
     )
 
-    this.log.debug('Transaction receipt:', { receipt })
+    this.log.info('Received transaction receipt', { receipt })
     this.log.info(successMessage)
     return receipt
   }
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/state-batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/state-batch-submitter.ts
index e3273c044c33..3fbdc1829701 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/state-batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/state-batch-submitter.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Promise as bPromise } from 'bluebird'
 import { Contract, Signer } from 'ethers'
 import { TransactionReceipt } from '@ethersproject/abstract-provider'
 import { getContractFactory } from '@eth-optimism/contracts'
-import { Logger, Bytes32 } from '@eth-optimism/core-utils'
+import { Logger, Bytes32, remove0x } from '@eth-optimism/core-utils'
 import { OptimismProvider } from '@eth-optimism/provider'
 
 /* Internal Imports */
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ export class StateBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       sccAddress === this.chainContract.address &&
       ctcAddress === this.ctcContract.address
     ) {
+      this.log.debug('Chain contract already initialized', {
+        sccAddress,
+        ctcAddress,
+      })
       return
     }
 
@@ -105,12 +109,21 @@ export class StateBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
   }
 
   public async _getBatchStartAndEnd(): Promise<Range> {
+    this.log.info('Getting batch start and end for state batch submitter...')
     // TODO: Remove BLOCK_OFFSET by adding a tx to Geth's genesis
     const startBlock: number =
       (await this.chainContract.getTotalElements()).toNumber() + BLOCK_OFFSET
+    this.log.info('Retrieved start block number from SCC', {
+      startBlock,
+    })
+
     // We will submit state roots for txs which have been in the tx chain for a while.
     const totalElements: number =
       (await this.ctcContract.getTotalElements()).toNumber() + BLOCK_OFFSET
+    this.log.info('Retrieved total elements from CTC', {
+      totalElements,
+    })
+
     const endBlock: number = Math.min(
       startBlock + this.maxBatchSize,
       totalElements
@@ -142,7 +155,13 @@ export class StateBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       'appendStateBatch',
       [batch, startBlock]
     )
-    if (!this._shouldSubmitBatch(tx.length / 2)) {
+    const batchSizeInBytes = remove0x(tx).length / 2
+    this.log.debug('State batch generated', {
+      batchSizeInBytes,
+      tx,
+    })
+
+    if (!this._shouldSubmitBatch(batchSizeInBytes)) {
       return
     }
 
@@ -156,6 +175,13 @@ export class StateBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
         offsetStartsAtIndex,
         { nonce, gasPrice }
       )
+      this.log.info('Submitted appendStateBatch transaction', {
+        nonce,
+        txHash: contractTx.hash,
+        contractAddr: this.chainContract.address,
+        from: contractTx.from,
+        data: contractTx.data,
+      })
       return this.signer.provider.waitForTransaction(
         contractTx.hash,
         this.numConfirmations
@@ -180,7 +206,12 @@ export class StateBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
         const block = (await this.l2Provider.getBlockWithTransactions(
           startBlock + i
         )) as L2Block
-        if (block.transactions[0].from === this.fraudSubmissionAddress) {
+        const blockTx = block.transactions[0]
+        if (blockTx.from === this.fraudSubmissionAddress) {
+          this.log.warn('Found transaction from fraud submission address', {
+            txHash: blockTx.hash,
+            fraudSubmissionAddress: this.fraudSubmissionAddress,
+          })
           this.fraudSubmissionAddress = 'no fraud'
           return '0xbad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1bad1'
         }
@@ -193,14 +224,20 @@ export class StateBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       'appendStateBatch',
       [batch, startBlock]
     )
-    while (tx.length > this.maxTxSize) {
+    while (remove0x(tx).length / 2 > this.maxTxSize) {
       batch.splice(Math.ceil((batch.length * 2) / 3)) // Delete 1/3rd of all of the batch elements
+      this.log.debug('Splicing batch...', {
+        batchSizeInBytes: tx.length / 2,
+      })
       tx = this.chainContract.interface.encodeFunctionData('appendStateBatch', [
         batch,
         startBlock,
       ])
     }
 
+    this.log.info('Generated state commitment batch', {
+      batch, // list of stateRoots
+    })
     return batch
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts
index 8193cb8924de..61bdd4d55c2f 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/batch-submitter/tx-batch-submitter.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       typeof this.chainContract !== 'undefined' &&
       ctcAddress === this.chainContract.address
     ) {
+      this.log.debug('Chain contract already initialized', {
+        ctcAddress,
+      })
       return
     }
 
@@ -134,6 +137,9 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
 
   public async _onSync(): Promise<TransactionReceipt> {
     const pendingQueueElements = await this.chainContract.getNumPendingQueueElements()
+    this.log.debug('Got number of pending queue elements', {
+      pendingQueueElements,
+    })
 
     if (pendingQueueElements !== 0) {
       this.log.info(
@@ -150,6 +156,13 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
             nonce,
             gasPrice,
           })
+          this.log.info('Submitted appendQueueBatch transaction', {
+            nonce,
+            txHash: tx.hash,
+            contractAddr: this.chainContract.address,
+            from: tx.from,
+            data: tx.data,
+          })
           return this.signer.provider.waitForTransaction(
             tx.hash,
             this.numConfirmations
@@ -166,6 +179,7 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
 
   // TODO: Remove this function and use geth for lastL1BlockNumber!
   private async _updateLastL1BlockNumber() {
+    this.log.warn('Calling _updateLastL1BlockNumber...')
     const pendingQueueElements = await this.chainContract.getNumPendingQueueElements()
 
     if (pendingQueueElements !== 0) {
@@ -187,17 +201,32 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
         }
       }
     }
+
+    this.log.debug('Set lastL1BlockNumber', {
+      lastL1BlockNumber: this.lastL1BlockNumber,
+    })
   }
 
   public async _getBatchStartAndEnd(): Promise<Range> {
+    this.log.info(
+      'Getting batch start and end for transaction batch submitter...'
+    )
     // TODO: Remove BLOCK_OFFSET by adding a tx to Geth's genesis
     const startBlock =
       (await this.chainContract.getTotalElements()).toNumber() + BLOCK_OFFSET
+    this.log.info('Retrieved start block number from CTC', {
+      startBlock,
+    })
+
     const endBlock =
       Math.min(
         startBlock + this.maxBatchSize,
         await this.l2Provider.getBlockNumber()
       ) + 1 // +1 because the `endBlock` is *exclusive*
+    this.log.info('Retrieved end block number from L2 sequencer', {
+      endBlock,
+    })
+
     if (startBlock >= endBlock) {
       if (startBlock > endBlock) {
         this.log
@@ -224,7 +253,7 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
     )
     if (gasPriceInGwei > this.gasThresholdInGwei) {
       this.log.warn(
-        'Gas price is higher than gras price threshold; aborting batch submission',
+        'Gas price is higher than gas price threshold; aborting batch submission',
         {
           gasPriceInGwei,
           gasThresholdInGwei: this.gasThresholdInGwei,
@@ -238,6 +267,9 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       wasBatchTruncated,
     ] = await this._generateSequencerBatchParams(startBlock, endBlock)
     const batchSizeInBytes = encodeAppendSequencerBatch(batchParams).length / 2
+    this.log.debug('Sequencer batch generated', {
+      batchSizeInBytes,
+    })
 
     // Only submit batch if one of the following is true:
     // 1. it was truncated
@@ -256,6 +288,13 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
         nonce,
         gasPrice,
       })
+      this.log.info('Submitted appendSequencerBatch transaction', {
+        nonce,
+        txHash: tx.hash,
+        contractAddr: this.chainContract.address,
+        from: tx.from,
+        data: tx.data,
+      })
       return this.signer.provider.waitForTransaction(
         tx.hash,
         this.numConfirmations
@@ -299,6 +338,9 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
     let wasBatchTruncated = false
     let encoded = encodeAppendSequencerBatch(sequencerBatchParams)
     while (encoded.length / 2 > this.maxTxSize) {
+      this.log.debug('Splicing batch...', {
+        batchSizeInBytes: encoded.length / 2,
+      })
       batch.splice(Math.ceil((batch.length * 2) / 3)) // Delete 1/3rd of all of the batch elements
       sequencerBatchParams = await this._getSequencerBatchParams(
         startBlock,
@@ -310,6 +352,12 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       //  In this case, we want to submit regardless of the batch's size.
       wasBatchTruncated = true
     }
+
+    this.log.info('Generated sequencer batch params', {
+      contexts: sequencerBatchParams.contexts,
+      transactions: sequencerBatchParams.transactions,
+      wasBatchTruncated,
+    })
     return [sequencerBatchParams, wasBatchTruncated]
   }
 
@@ -421,6 +469,7 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
 
     // TODO: Remove this super complex logic and rely on Geth to actually supply correct block data.
     const fixMonotonicity = async (b: Batch): Promise<Batch> => {
+      this.log.debug('Fixing monotonicity...')
       // The earliest allowed timestamp/blockNumber is the last timestamp submitted on chain.
       const {
         lastTimestamp,
@@ -428,6 +477,10 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       } = await this._getLastTimestampAndBlockNumber()
       let earliestTimestamp = lastTimestamp
       let earliestBlockNumber = lastBlockNumber
+      this.log.debug('Determined earliest timestamp and blockNumber', {
+        earliestTimestamp,
+        earliestBlockNumber,
+      })
 
       // The latest allowed timestamp/blockNumber is the next queue element!
       let nextQueueIndex = await this.chainContract.getNextQueueIndex()
@@ -457,6 +510,10 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       }
       // Actually update the latest timestamp and block number
       await updateLatestTimestampAndBlockNumber()
+      this.log.debug('Determined latest timestamp and blockNumber', {
+        latestTimestamp,
+        latestBlockNumber,
+      })
 
       // Now go through our batch and fix the timestamps and block numbers
       // to automatically enforce monotonicity.
@@ -573,7 +630,13 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
       blockNumber > queueElement.blockNumber
     ) {
       this.log.warn(
-        'Double deposit detected!!! Fixing by skipping the deposit & replacing with a dummy tx.'
+        'Double deposit detected. Fixing by skipping the deposit & replacing with a dummy tx.',
+        {
+          timestamp,
+          blockNumber,
+          queueElementTimestamp: queueElement.timestamp,
+          queueElementBlockNumber: queueElement.blockNumber,
+        }
       )
       // This implies that we've double played a deposit.
       // We can correct this by instead submitting a dummy sequencer tx
@@ -712,6 +775,9 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
 
   private async _getL2BatchElement(blockNumber: number): Promise<BatchElement> {
     const block = await this._getBlock(blockNumber)
+    this.log.debug('Fetched L2 block', {
+      block,
+    })
     const txType = block.transactions[0].txType
 
     if (this._isSequencerTx(block)) {
@@ -744,6 +810,7 @@ export class TransactionBatchSubmitter extends BatchSubmitter {
     if (!block.transactions[0].l1BlockNumber) {
       block.transactions[0].l1BlockNumber = this.lastL1BlockNumber
     }
+
     return block
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts
index 1c6b09153868..40c717142b3d 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/exec/run-batch-submitter.ts
@@ -201,9 +201,12 @@ export const run = async () => {
               value: 0,
               nonce: i,
             })
-            log.info('Submitting empty transaction', {
+            log.info('Submitted empty transaction', {
               nonce: i,
               txHash: response.hash,
+              to: response.to,
+              from: response.from,
+              data: response.data,
             })
             await sequencerSigner.provider.waitForTransaction(
               response.hash,
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/index.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/index.ts
index ebeeed3d6608..57b48ce73498 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 export * from './batch-submitter'
-export * from './utils'
 export * from './transaction-chain-contract'
 export * from './types'
diff --git a/packages/batch-submitter/src/transaction-chain-contract.ts b/packages/batch-submitter/src/transaction-chain-contract.ts
index 78b3202a838f..1eae53d95726 100644
--- a/packages/batch-submitter/src/transaction-chain-contract.ts
+++ b/packages/batch-submitter/src/transaction-chain-contract.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import {
   TransactionRequest,
 } from '@ethersproject/abstract-provider'
 import { keccak256 } from 'ethers/lib/utils'
-import { remove0x, encodeHex } from './utils'
 import {
   AppendSequencerBatchParams,
   BatchContext,
   encodeAppendSequencerBatch,
+  encodeHex,
 } from '@eth-optimism/core-utils'
 
 export { encodeAppendSequencerBatch, BatchContext, AppendSequencerBatchParams }
diff --git a/packages/contracts/scripts/build.sh b/packages/contracts/scripts/build.sh
index b30a72af4ad3..cda148fc6d93 100755
--- a/packages/contracts/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/packages/contracts/scripts/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-yarn run build:typescript & yarn run build:contracts & yarn run build:contracts:ovm
+yarn run build:typescript & yarn run build:contracts
+yarn run build:contracts:ovm
 yarn run build:copy:artifacts & yarn run build:copy:artifacts:ovm & yarn run build:copy:contracts
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/index.ts b/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/index.ts
index 991da2d56758..f87da86b63de 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/index.ts
@@ -75,8 +75,20 @@ const getOvmSolcPath = async (version: string): Promise<string> => {
 subtask(
   TASK_COMPILE_SOLIDITY_RUN_SOLC,
   async (args: { input: any; solcPath: string }, hre, runSuper) => {
+    const ignoreRxList = hre.network.config.ignoreRxList || [];
+    const ignore = (filename: string) => ignoreRxList.reduce((ignored: boolean, rx: string | RegExp) => ignored || new RegExp(rx).test(filename), false);
     if (hre.network.ovm !== true) {
-      return runSuper(args)
+        // Separate the EVM and OVM inputs.
+        for (const file of Object.keys(args.input.sources)) {
+          // Ignore any contract that has this tag or in ignore list
+          if (args.input.sources[file].content.includes('// @unsupported: evm') || ignore(file)) {
+              delete args.input.sources[file];
+          }
+          else {
+              //console.log(file + ' included');
+          }
+        }
+        return runSuper(args)
     }
 
     // Just some silly sanity checks, make sure we have a solc version to download. Our format is
@@ -101,8 +113,8 @@ subtask(
 
     // Separate the EVM and OVM inputs.
     for (const file of Object.keys(args.input.sources)) {
-      // Ignore any contract that has this tag.
-      if (!args.input.sources[file].content.includes('// @unsupported: ovm')) {
+      // Ignore any contract that has this tag or in ignore list
+      if (!args.input.sources[file].content.includes('// @unsupported: ovm') && !ignore(file)) {
         ovmInput.sources[file] = args.input.sources[file]
       }
     }
@@ -141,8 +153,8 @@ extendEnvironment((hre) => {
     }
 
     // Forcibly update the artifacts object.
-    hre.config.paths.artifacts = artifactsPath
-    hre.config.paths.cache = cachePath
-    ;(hre as any).artifacts = new Artifacts(artifactsPath)
+    hre.config.paths.artifacts = artifactsPath;
+    hre.config.paths.cache = cachePath;
+    (hre as any).artifacts = new Artifacts(artifactsPath);
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/type-extensions.ts b/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/type-extensions.ts
index c725d503fa91..dd28c766e992 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/type-extensions.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-ovm/src/type-extensions.ts
@@ -14,24 +14,31 @@ declare module 'hardhat/types/config' {
   }
 
   interface HardhatNetworkUserConfig {
-    ovm?: boolean
+    ovm?: boolean;
+    ignoreRxList?: string[];
   }
 
   interface HttpNetworkUserConfig {
-    ovm?: boolean
+    ovm?: boolean;
+    ignoreRxList?: string[];
   }
 
+
   interface HardhatNetworkConfig {
-    ovm: boolean
+    ovm: boolean;
+    ignoreRxList: string[];
   }
 
   interface HttpNetworkConfig {
-    ovm: boolean
+    ovm: boolean;
+    ignoreRxList: string[];
   }
 }
 
+
 declare module 'hardhat/types/runtime' {
   interface Network {
-    ovm: boolean
+    ovm: boolean;
+    ignoreRxList: string[];
   }
 }