diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs b/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs
index a3fb3799b53e..daf696ae883f 100644
--- a/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/src/api/code.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use derive_builder::Builder;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
+use tracing::debug;
 
 use crate::path::normalize_path;
 
@@ -67,8 +68,15 @@ impl CodeSearchQuery {
         content: String,
         source_id: String,
     ) -> Self {
+        debug!("CodeSearchQuery::new - Original filepath: {:?}", filepath);
+        let normalized = normalize_path(filepath).unwrap_or(None);
+        debug!(
+            "CodeSearchQuery::new - Normalized filepath: {:?}",
+            normalized
+        );
+
         Self {
-            filepath: normalize_path(filepath).unwrap_or(None),
+            filepath: normalized,
             language,
             content,
             source_id,
diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/src/index/code/mod.rs b/crates/tabby-common/src/index/code/mod.rs
index ce70bcee19f7..ac57c84caa52 100644
--- a/crates/tabby-common/src/index/code/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/src/index/code/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use tantivy::{
     Term,
 };
 pub use tokenizer::tokenize_code;
+use tracing::debug;
 
 use super::{corpus, IndexSchema};
 use crate::{api::code::CodeSearchQuery, path::normalize_path};
@@ -49,15 +50,16 @@ pub fn body_query(tokens: &[String]) -> Box<dyn Query> {
 }
 
 fn filepath_query(filepath: &str) -> Box<TermQuery> {
+    debug!("filepath_query - Input filepath: {}", filepath);
     let schema = IndexSchema::instance();
     let mut term =
         Term::from_field_json_path(schema.field_chunk_attributes, fields::CHUNK_FILEPATH, false);
-
     // normalize the path base on the platform.
     let filepath = normalize_path(Some(filepath.to_string()))
         .ok()
         .flatten()
         .unwrap_or_else(|| filepath.to_string());
+    debug!("filepath_query - Normalized filepath: {}", filepath);
 
     term.append_type_and_str(&filepath);
     Box::new(TermQuery::new(term, IndexRecordOption::Basic))
@@ -91,7 +93,12 @@ pub fn code_search_query(
 
     // When filepath presents, we exclude the file from the search.
     if let Some(filepath) = &query.filepath {
+        debug!("code_search_query - Original filepath: {}", filepath);
         if let Ok(Some(normalized_path)) = normalize_path(Some(filepath.clone())) {
+            debug!(
+                "code_search_query - Normalized filepath: {}",
+                normalized_path
+            );
             subqueries.push((
                 Occur::MustNot,
                 Box::new(ConstScoreQuery::new(filepath_query(&normalized_path), 0.0)),