diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index ef36c851b..0c7329ae5 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -1206,6 +1206,7 @@ function doInitialSync(client, historyLen) {
         client.emit("syncComplete");
         _pollForEvents(client);
     }, function(err) {
+        console.error("/initialSync error: %s", err);
         client.emit("syncError", err);
         // TODO: Retries.
     });
@@ -1254,6 +1255,7 @@ function _pollForEvents(client) {
     var discardResult = false;
     var timeoutObj = setTimeout(function() {
         discardResult = true;
+        console.error("/events request timed out.");
         _pollForEvents(client);
     }, 40000);
 
@@ -1330,6 +1332,7 @@ function _pollForEvents(client) {
         }
         _pollForEvents(self);
     }, function(err) {
+        console.error("/events error: %s", JSON.stringify(err));
         if (discardResult) {
             return;
         }