diff --git a/contrib/hugin.lua b/contrib/hugin.lua
index c8106eb..c777ac5 100644
--- a/contrib/hugin.lua
+++ b/contrib/hugin.lua
@@ -37,17 +37,19 @@ This plugin will add a new storage option and calls hugin after export.
 
 local dt = require "darktable"
 local df = require "lib/dtutils.file"
+local log = require "lib/dtutils.log"
 require "official/yield"
 local gettext = dt.gettext
 
 local namespace = 'module_hugin'
 local user_pref_str = 'prefer_gui'
 local user_prefer_gui = dt.preferences.read(namespace, user_pref_str, "bool")
+log.msg(log.info, "user_prefer_gui set to ", user_prefer_gui)
 local hugin_widget = nil
 local exec_widget = nil
 local executable_table = {"hugin", "hugin_executor", "pto_gen"}
 
--- works with darktable API version from 2.0.0 to 5.0.0
+-- works with darktable API version from 5.0.0 on
 dt.configuration.check_version(...,{5,0,0})
 
 -- Tell gettext where to find the .mo file translating messages for a particular domain
@@ -73,15 +75,28 @@ local function create_panorama(storage, image_table, extra_data) --finalize
 -- We need pto_gen to create pto file for hugin_executor
 -- http://hugin.sourceforge.net/docs/manual/Pto_gen.html
 
+  -- save the current log level and set log level to
+  --   log.error for normal operations
+  --   log.info for more insight about what is happening
+  --   log.debug for even more information
+
+  local saved_log_level = log.log_level()
+  log.log_level(log.error)
+
   local hugin = df.check_if_bin_exists("hugin")
+  log.msg(log.info, "hugin set to ", hugin)
   local hugin_executor = df.check_if_bin_exists("hugin_executor")
+  log.msg(log.info, "hugin_executor set to ", hugin_executor)
   local pto_gen = df.check_if_bin_exists("pto_gen")
+  log.msg(log.info, "pto_gen set to ", pto_gen)
 
   local gui_available = false
   if hugin then
     gui_available = true
   else
     dt.print(_("hugin is not found, did you set the path?"))
+    log.msg(log.error, "hugin executable not found.  Check if the executable is installed.")
+    log.msg(log.error, "If the executable is installed, check that the path is set correctly.")
     return
   end
 
@@ -91,21 +106,24 @@ local function create_panorama(storage, image_table, extra_data) --finalize
   end
 
   -- list of exported images
-  local img_list
+  local img_list = ""
   local img_set = {}
 
   -- reset and create image list
-  img_list = ""
   for k,v in pairs(image_table) do
-    img_list = img_list..v..' '
+    log.msg(log.debug, "k is ", k, " and v is ", v)
+    img_list = img_list .. "'" .. v .. "'" .. ' '  -- surround the filename with single quotes to handle spaces
     table.insert(img_set, k)
   end
 
+  log.msg(log.info, "img_list is ", img_list)
+
   -- use first file as basename for output file
   table.sort(img_set, function(a,b) return a.filename<b.filename end);
   local first_file
   for _, k in ipairs(img_set) do
-    first_file = k break
+    first_file = k 
+    break
   end
 
   if first_file == nil then
@@ -114,37 +132,50 @@ local function create_panorama(storage, image_table, extra_data) --finalize
   end
 
   local pto_path = dt.configuration.tmp_dir..'/project.pto'
+  log.msg(log.info, "pto_path is ", pto_path)
   local filepath = df.split_filepath(first_file.filename)
+  log.msg(log.info, "filepath is ", filepath)
   local tmp_filename = filepath['basename'].."_pano.tif"
+  log.msg(log.info, "tmp_filename is ", tmp_filename)
 -- some versions of hugin_executor don't seem to output the result
 -- to the --prefix location, so assume we are working in the tmp
 -- directory and then move the file to the original file location afterwards
   local src_path = dt.configuration.tmp_dir.."/"..tmp_filename
+  log.msg(log.info, "src_path is ", src_path)
   local dst_path = first_file.path..'/'..tmp_filename
+  log.msg(log.info, "dst_path is ", dst_path)
 
   if df.check_if_file_exists(dst_path) then
     dst_path = df.create_unique_filename(dst_path)
+    log.msg(log.info, "dst_path updated to ", dts_path)
   end
 
   dt.print(_("will try to stitch now"))
   local huginStartCommand = nil
   if (cmd_line_available and not user_prefer_gui) then
+    log.msg(log.info, "using the command line tools to create panorama")
     huginStartCommand = pto_gen.." "..img_list.." -o "..pto_path
     dt.print(_("creating pto file"))
+    log.msg(log.info, "pto creation command is ", huginStartCommand)
     dt.control.execute(huginStartCommand)
 
-    dt.print(_("running assistent"))
+    dt.print(_("running assistant"))
     huginStartCommand = hugin_executor.." --assistant "..pto_path
     dt.control.execute(huginStartCommand)
 
-    huginStartCommand = hugin_executor..' --stitching --prefix='..src_path..' '..pto_path
+    huginStartCommand = hugin_executor..' --stitching --prefix=' .. "'" .. src_path .. "'" .. ' ' .. pto_path
+    log.msg(log.info, "command line huginStartCommand is ", huginStartCommand)
   elseif gui_available then
     if (user_prefer_gui) then
       dt.print(_("launching hugin"))
     else
       dt.print(_("unable to find command line tools, launching hugin"))
     end
+    -- the gui produces a differnt output filename than the command line
+    src_path = dt.configuration.tmp_dir .. "/" .. df.get_basename(img_set[1].filename) .. " - " .. df.get_basename(img_set[#img_set].filename) .. ".tif"
+    log.msg(log.info, "set src_path to ", src_path)
     huginStartCommand = hugin..' '..img_list
+    log.msg(log.info, "gui huginStartCommand is ", huginStartCommand)
   else
     dt.print(_("hugin isn't available."))
   end
@@ -152,13 +183,16 @@ local function create_panorama(storage, image_table, extra_data) --finalize
   if not (huginStartCommand==nil) then
     if not dt.control.execute(huginStartCommand) then
       dt.print(_("hugin failed ..."))
+      log.msg(log.error, huginStartCommand, " failed")
     else
       if df.check_if_file_exists(src_path) then
+        log.msg(log.debug, "found ", src_path, " importing to ", dst_path)
         df.file_move(src_path, dst_path)
         dt.print(_("importing file "..dst_path))
         dt.database.import(dst_path)
       end
     end
+    log.log_level(saved_log_level)
   end
 
   -- cleanup the temp files
@@ -186,5 +220,6 @@ hugin_widget = dt.new_widget("box") {
 
 dt.register_storage(namespace, _("hugin panorama"), show_status, create_panorama, nil, nil, hugin_widget)
 
+
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