diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElementBag.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElementBag.cpp
index f929980a75..9f63b5b071 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElementBag.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeElementBag.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ OctreeElementBag::~OctreeElementBag() {
 }
 
 void OctreeElementBag::elementDeleted(OctreeElement* element) {
+qDebug() << "OctreeElementBag::elementDeleted()...";
     remove(element); // note: remove can safely handle nodes that aren't in it, so we don't need to check contains()
 }