diff --git a/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp b/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp
index 765f5f19f..aab678788 100644
--- a/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp
+++ b/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp
@@ -1402,7 +1402,10 @@ void DMLProcessor::operator()()
       messageqcpp::ByteStream::byte status = 255;
       messageqcpp::ByteStream::octbyte rowCount = 0;
 
-      if (fDbrm->getSystemState(stateFlags) >
+      int rr = fDbrm->getSystemState(stateFlags);
+      idblog("called from DMLProcessor::operator(), returned " << rr);
+
+      if (rr >
           0)  // > 0 implies succesful retrieval. It doesn't imply anything about the contents
       {
         messageqcpp::ByteStream results;
diff --git a/versioning/BRM/dbrm.cpp b/versioning/BRM/dbrm.cpp
index f95b30825..c87c64d73 100644
--- a/versioning/BRM/dbrm.cpp
+++ b/versioning/BRM/dbrm.cpp
@@ -3479,6 +3479,7 @@ int DBRM::getSystemReady() throw()
 {
   uint32_t stateFlags;
 
+  idblog("calling from getSystemReday");
   if (getSystemState(stateFlags) < 0)
   {
     return -1;
@@ -3491,6 +3492,7 @@ int DBRM::getSystemQueryReady() throw()
 {
   uint32_t stateFlags;
 
+  idblog("calling from getSystemQueryReday");
   if (getSystemState(stateFlags) < 0)
   {
     return -1;
diff --git a/versioning/BRM/masterdbrmnode.cpp b/versioning/BRM/masterdbrmnode.cpp
index 4f2a32bbd..a34fe18a9 100644
--- a/versioning/BRM/masterdbrmnode.cpp
+++ b/versioning/BRM/masterdbrmnode.cpp
@@ -1961,6 +1961,7 @@ void MasterDBRMNode::doGetSystemState(ByteStream& /*msg*/, ThreadParams* p)
 
   try
   {
+	  idblog("calling from doGetSystemState()");
     sm.getSystemState(ss);
     err = ERR_OK;
     reply << err;