diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index eade585a7..977755734 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ MatrixClient.prototype._loadMembers = async function(room) {
         const lastEventId = room.getLastEventId();
         const response = await this.members(roomId, "join", "leave", lastEventId);
         rawMembersEvents = response.chunk;
+        console.log(`LL: got ${rawMembersEvents.length} members from server`);
     }
     const memberEvents = rawMembersEvents.map(this.getEventMapper());
     return {memberEvents, fromServer};
@@ -807,8 +808,12 @@ MatrixClient.prototype.loadRoomMembersIfNeeded = async function(roomId) {
         // scenario for DM's where all the members would likely
         // be known without lazy loading.
         if (rawMembersEvents.length) {
+            console.log(`LL: telling backend to store ${rawMembersEvents.length} members`);
             await this.store.setOutOfBandMembers(roomId, rawMembersEvents);
         }
+        else {
+            console.log(`LL: no members needed to be stored`);
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/models/room-state.js b/src/models/room-state.js
index 698b894b4..57716194a 100644
--- a/src/models/room-state.js
+++ b/src/models/room-state.js
@@ -432,9 +432,11 @@ RoomState.prototype.markOutOfBandMembersFailed = function() {
  * @param {MatrixEvent[]} stateEvents array of membership state events
  */
 RoomState.prototype.setOutOfBandMembers = function(stateEvents) {
+    console.log(`LL: RoomState about to set ${stateEvents.length} OOB members ...`);
     if (this._oobMemberFlags.status !== OOB_STATUS_INPROGRESS) {
         return;
     }
+    console.log(`LL: RoomState put in OOB_STATUS_FINISHED state ...`);
     this._oobMemberFlags.status = OOB_STATUS_FINISHED;
     stateEvents.forEach((e) => this._setOutOfBandMember(e));
 };
diff --git a/src/store/indexeddb-local-backend.js b/src/store/indexeddb-local-backend.js
index e9d637eff..1cca9f3e2 100644
--- a/src/store/indexeddb-local-backend.js
+++ b/src/store/indexeddb-local-backend.js
@@ -216,10 +216,14 @@ LocalIndexedDBStoreBackend.prototype = {
             request.onerror = (err) => {
                 reject(err);
             };
+        }).then((membershipEvents) => {
+            console.log(`LL: got ${membershipEvents.length} membershipEvents from storage for room ${roomId} ...`);
+            return membershipEvents;
         });
     },
 
     setOutOfBandMembers: function(roomId, membershipEvents) {
+        console.log(`LL: backend about to store ${membershipEvents.length} members for ${roomId}`);
         function ignoreResult() {};
         // run everything in a promise so anything that throws will reject
         return new Promise((resolve) =>{
@@ -230,6 +234,8 @@ LocalIndexedDBStoreBackend.prototype = {
                 return putPromise.then(ignoreResult);
             });
             resolve(Promise.all(puts).then(ignoreResult));
+        }).then(() => {
+            console.log(`LL: backend done storing for ${roomId}!`);
         });
     },