diff --git a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
index f7a6f0f2..f87b5a9e 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EmployeeRestController.php
@@ -3616,18 +3616,24 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
 
     public function getPreEmployeePolicyCount($mobile_no)
     {
+        log_message('error', 'getPreEmployeePolicyCount called with mobile: ' . var_export($mobile_no, true));
+
         if (empty($mobile_no)) {
-            return 0; // mobile is empty, return policy count 0
+            log_message('error', 'Mobile number is empty or null.');
+            return 0;
         }
 
         try {
+            log_message('error', 'Attempting to connect to preDB...');
             $db2 = \Config\Database::connect('preDB');
+            log_message('error', 'Connection to preDB successful.');
         } catch (\Throwable $e) {
             log_message('error', 'DB connection to preDB failed: ' . $e->getMessage());
             return 0;
         }
 
         try {
+            log_message('error', 'Building query to count employee policies...');
             $builder = $db2->table('employees')
                 ->join('employee_polices', 'employees.id = employee_polices.employee_id')
                 ->where('employees.is_active', 1)
@@ -3637,8 +3643,12 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
                 ->where('employees.mobile', $mobile_no)
                 ->groupBy('employee_polices.client_policy_id');
 
+            log_message('error', 'Executing policy count query...');
             $query = $builder->get();
-            return $query->getNumRows(); 
+            $count = $query->getNumRows();
+
+            log_message('error', 'Policy count result: ' . $count);
+            return $count;
 
         } catch (\Throwable $e) {
             log_message('error', 'Query failed in getPreEmployeePolicyCount: ' . $e->getMessage());
@@ -3646,4 +3656,5 @@ class EmployeeRestController extends AdminController
         }
     }
 
+
 }
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