diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlavePool.h b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlavePool.h
index c8f4c252b1..915c6d8dc4 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlavePool.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlavePool.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public:
     void each(std::function<void(AvatarMixerSlave& slave)> functor);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_EVENT_QUEUE
-    void AvatarMixerSlavePool::queueStats(QJsonObject& stats);
+    void queueStats(QJsonObject& stats);
 #endif
 
     void setNumThreads(int numThreads);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
index 4714160ace..c25075171b 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/udt/Socket.cpp
@@ -334,12 +334,17 @@ void Socket::checkForReadyReadBackup() {
         qCDebug(networking) << "Socket::checkForReadyReadyBackup() last sequence number"
             << (uint32_t) _lastReceivedSequenceNumber << "from" << _lastPacketSockAddr << "-"
             << _lastPacketSizeRead << "bytes";
-
+#ifdef DEBUG_EVENT_QUEUE
+        qCDebug(networking) << "NodeList event queue size:" << ::hifi::qt::getEventQueueSize(thread());
+#endif
 
         // drop all of the pending datagrams on the floor
+        int droppedCount = 0;
         while (_udpSocket.hasPendingDatagrams()) {
             _udpSocket.readDatagram(nullptr, 0);
+            ++droppedCount;
         }
+        qCDebug(networking) << "Flushed" << droppedCount << "Packets";
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/shared/QtHelpers.h b/libraries/shared/src/shared/QtHelpers.h
index cde6ecdbb7..f57ba4af2d 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/shared/QtHelpers.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/shared/QtHelpers.h
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
 
-#ifdef WIN32
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN) || defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
 // Enable event queue debugging
 #define DEBUG_EVENT_QUEUE
-#endif // WIN32
+#endif
 
 namespace hifi { namespace qt {
 void addBlockingForbiddenThread(const QString& name, QThread* thread = nullptr);