diff --git a/src/rpcmining.cpp b/src/rpcmining.cpp
index a3d7a5893..944879120 100644
--- a/src/rpcmining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcmining.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ UniValue getblocktemplate(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
         const UniValue& modeval = find_value(oparam, "mode");
         if (modeval.isStr())
             strMode = modeval.get_str();
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n",strMode);
         else if (modeval.isNull())
         {
             strMode = "template";