diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
index d0520e00ba..606e390f9d 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/NodeList.cpp
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ void NodeList::possiblyPingInactiveNodes() {
         
         for(NodeList::iterator node = begin(); node != end(); node++) {
             if (!node->getActiveSocket()) {
+                qDebug() << "Attempting to ping node" << *node << "\n";
                 // we don't have an active link to this node, ping it to set that up
                 pingPublicAndLocalSocketsForInactiveNode(&(*node));
             }