diff --git a/client/djrandom_client/client.py b/client/djrandom_client/client.py
index f7ee79a3289600fcf8064c61cc2461f380e9a8f0..3c2fd579b2cefdeef4ea6d7b93db3ff855bd15b0 100644
--- a/client/djrandom_client/client.py
+++ b/client/djrandom_client/client.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class FullScan(threading.Thread):
     def run(self):
         while True:
             delay = self.base_delay
+            log.debug('starting file scan')
             try:
                 filescan.recursive_scan(self.basedir, self.queue)
             except Exception, e:
diff --git a/client/djrandom_client/upload.py b/client/djrandom_client/upload.py
index 0f42131b4c39f8d4e1c71cf5fe479faf52c8dbfb..3b37bfd48a0c337bcbf567f3c2cf304b7115dd35 100644
--- a/client/djrandom_client/upload.py
+++ b/client/djrandom_client/upload.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class Uploader(threading.Thread):
         log.info('successfully uploaded %s (%s)' % (path, sha1))
 
     def run(self):
+        log.debug('starting uploader thread')
         db = FileDatabase(self.db_path)
         try:
             while True: