diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 4003f9ced..dcc68c67f 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1239,6 +1239,8 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     FILE* file = fopen(pathLockFile.string().c_str(), "a"); // empty lock file; created if it doesn't exist.
     if (file) fclose(file);
 
+
+    fprintf(stderr,"Attempting to obtain lock %s\n", pathLockFile.string().c_str());
     try {
         static boost::interprocess::file_lock lock(pathLockFile.string().c_str());
         if (!lock.try_lock())
@@ -1247,11 +1249,14 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
         return InitError(strprintf(_("Cannot obtain a lock on data directory %s. Komodo is probably already running.") + " %s.", strDataDir, e.what()));
     }
 
+    fprintf(stderr,"About to create pidfile\n");
 #ifndef _WIN32
     CreatePidFile(GetPidFile(), getpid());
 #endif
+    fprintf(stderr,"created pidfile\n");
     if (GetBoolArg("-shrinkdebugfile", !fDebug))
         ShrinkDebugFile();
+    fprintf(stderr,"past shrinkdebugfile\n");
     LogPrintf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
     LogPrintf("Komodo version %s (%s)\n", FormatFullVersion(), CLIENT_DATE);
 
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 980d82ac9..661fa889b 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -750,8 +750,12 @@ void CreatePidFile(const boost::filesystem::path &path, pid_t pid)
     FILE* file = fopen(path.string().c_str(), "w");
     if (file)
     {
+        fprintf(stderr,"Creating pid file %s\n", path.string().c_str());
         fprintf(file, "%d\n", pid);
         fclose(file);
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr,"Unable to make a pidfile %s !\n", path.string().c_str());
+        exit(1);
     }
 }
 #endif
@@ -882,6 +886,7 @@ void AllocateFileRange(FILE *file, unsigned int offset, unsigned int length) {
 
 void ShrinkDebugFile()
 {
+    fprintf(stderr,"Shrinking %s\n", GetDataDir().c_str() );
     // Scroll debug.log if it's getting too big
     boost::filesystem::path pathLog = GetDataDir() / "debug.log";
     FILE* file = fopen(pathLog.string().c_str(), "r");