diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 674090ee..40415ff9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ script:
  - cd test
  - python regtest.py
  - python wallet-test.py
+ - cd ../logs
+ - for x in `ls`; do tail -50 $x; done
 branches:
  only:
   - develop 
diff --git a/joinmarket/irc.py b/joinmarket/irc.py
index 15be2446..5dcd5d7a 100644
--- a/joinmarket/irc.py
+++ b/joinmarket/irc.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ def run(self):
                     pingmsg = self.irc.pingQ.get(block=False)
                     #ping messages are not counted to throttling totals,
                     #so send immediately
+                    log.debug("sending: "+pingmsg)
                     self.irc.sock.sendall(pingmsg + '\r\n')
                     continue
                 except Queue.Empty:
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ def run(self):
                     except Queue.Empty:
                         #this code *should* be unreachable.
                         continue
+                log.debug("sending: "+throttled_msg)
                 self.irc.sock.sendall(throttled_msg+'\r\n')
                 last_msg_time = time.time()
                 self.msg_buffer.append((throttled_msg, last_msg_time))