diff --git a/app/javascript/controllers/notifications_controller.js b/app/javascript/controllers/notifications_controller.js
index 2d7dc65eb..58164db56 100644
--- a/app/javascript/controllers/notifications_controller.js
+++ b/app/javascript/controllers/notifications_controller.js
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ export default class extends Controller {
 
   get #vapidPublicKey() {
     const encodedVapidPublicKey = document.querySelector('meta[name="vapid-public-key"]').content
-    return this.#urlBase64ToUint8Array(encodedVapidPublicKey)
+    console.log('Raw VAPID key:', encodedVapidPublicKey)
+    console.log('Key length:', encodedVapidPublicKey.length)
+    
+    const result = this.#urlBase64ToUint8Array(encodedVapidPublicKey)
+    console.log('Decoded key length:', result.length)
+    console.log('First few bytes:', Array.from(result.slice(0, 10)))
+    return result
   }
 
   #extractJsonPayloadAsString(subscription) {