diff --git a/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go b/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go
index 0fb6d53a4..3fb87241b 100644
--- a/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go
+++ b/cmd/rekor-cli/app/get.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				}
 				verifier, err := loadVerifier(rekorClient, strconv.FormatInt(treeID, 10))
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieving rekor public key")
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieving rekor public key: %v", err)
 				}
 				// verify log entry
 				e = entry
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				}
 				verifier, err := loadVerifier(rekorClient, strconv.FormatInt(treeID, 10))
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieving rekor public key")
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("retrieving rekor public key: %v", err)
 				}
 
 				if err := compareEntryUUIDs(params.EntryUUID, k); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/api/entries.go b/pkg/api/entries.go
index 515f835db..f96bac0e9 100644
--- a/pkg/api/entries.go
+++ b/pkg/api/entries.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func logEntryFromLeaf(ctx context.Context, _ trillianclient.TrillianClient, leaf
 	}
 
 	logEntryAnon := models.LogEntryAnon{
-		LogID:          swag.String(logRange.PemPubKey),
+		LogID:          swag.String(logRange.LogID),
 		LogIndex:       &virtualIndex,
 		Body:           leaf.LeafValue,
 		IntegratedTime: swag.Int64(leaf.IntegrateTimestamp.AsTime().Unix()),