diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp b/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp
index 3b20cda14..df72a289b 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioLibInterface.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include <pb_decode.h>
 #include <pb_encode.h>
 
+#if ARCH_PORTDUINO
+#include "PortduinoGlue.h"
+#include "meshUtils.h"
+#endif
 void LockingArduinoHal::spiBeginTransaction()
 {
     spiLock->lock();
@@ -393,6 +397,11 @@ void RadioLibInterface::handleReceiveInterrupt()
 #endif
 
     int state = iface->readData((uint8_t *)&radioBuffer, length);
+#if ARCH_PORTDUINO
+    if (settingsMap[logoutputlevel] == level_trace) {
+        printBytes("Raw incoming packet: ", (uint8_t *)&radioBuffer, length);
+    }
+#endif
     if (state != RADIOLIB_ERR_NONE) {
         LOG_ERROR("ignoring received packet due to error=%d", state);
         rxBad++;
diff --git a/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp b/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp
index a279cd991..deb93d0a6 100644
--- a/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/mesh-pb-constants.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "FSCommon.h"
 #include "mesh-pb-constants.h"
 #include <Arduino.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <pb_decode.h>
 #include <pb_encode.h>
 
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ size_t pb_encode_to_bytes(uint8_t *destbuf, size_t destbufsize, const pb_msgdesc
     pb_ostream_t stream = pb_ostream_from_buffer(destbuf, destbufsize);
     if (!pb_encode(&stream, fields, src_struct)) {
         LOG_ERROR("Panic: can't encode protobuf reason='%s'", PB_GET_ERROR(&stream));
-        assert(
-            0); // If this assert fails it probably means you made a field too large for the max limits specified in mesh.options
         return 0;
     } else {
         return stream.bytes_written;
@@ -71,4 +68,4 @@ bool is_in_helper(uint32_t n, const uint32_t *array, pb_size_t count)
             return true;
 
     return false;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/meshUtils.cpp b/src/meshUtils.cpp
index d211f2922..ea2ba641b 100644
--- a/src/meshUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/meshUtils.cpp
@@ -61,15 +61,13 @@ char *strnstr(const char *s, const char *find, size_t slen)
 void printBytes(const char *label, const uint8_t *p, size_t numbytes)
 {
     int labelSize = strlen(label);
-    if (labelSize < 100 && numbytes < 64) {
-        char *messageBuffer = new char[labelSize + (numbytes * 3) + 2];
-        strncpy(messageBuffer, label, labelSize);
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < numbytes; i++)
-            snprintf(messageBuffer + labelSize + i * 3, 4, " %02x", p[i]);
-        strcpy(messageBuffer + labelSize + numbytes * 3, "\n");
-        LOG_DEBUG(messageBuffer);
-        delete[] messageBuffer;
-    }
+    char *messageBuffer = new char[labelSize + (numbytes * 3) + 2];
+    strncpy(messageBuffer, label, labelSize);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < numbytes; i++)
+        snprintf(messageBuffer + labelSize + i * 3, 4, " %02x", p[i]);
+    strcpy(messageBuffer + labelSize + numbytes * 3, "\n");
+    LOG_DEBUG(messageBuffer);
+    delete[] messageBuffer;
 }
 
 bool memfll(const uint8_t *mem, uint8_t find, size_t numbytes)