diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ef77a3..39f8b4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ CFLAGS	+= -DDATADIR=\"$(RDDIR)\"
 CFLAGS	+= -DDATABASE=\"$(DATABASE)\"
 VERSION	 = 0.0.0
 
+.if defined(DEBUG)
+  CFLAGS += -DDEBUG
+.endif
+
 all: $(TARGET) $(HTMLS) $(JSMINS)
 
 api: swagger.json
diff --git a/extern.h b/extern.h
index c80b818..fc7a2b0 100644
--- a/extern.h
+++ b/extern.h
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 #ifndef EXTERN_H
 #define EXTERN_H
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define debug(r, ...) kutil_logx(r, "DEBUG", NULL, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define debug(r, ...)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * A book series.
  */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3a48e9b..ba99131 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 #include <kcgi.h>
 #include <kcgijson.h>
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ sendbooks(struct kreq *r)
   BookFull *b = NULL;
   int res, i = 0;
 
+  debug(r, "sendbooks");
   int page = initpage(r);
   int per = initperpage(r);
   const char* sort = initsort(r);
@@ -333,6 +335,7 @@ sendauthors(struct kreq *r)
   int res, i = 0;
   AuthorFull *a = NULL;
 
+  debug(r, "sendauthors");
   int page = initpage(r);
   int per = initperpage(r);
   const char* sort = initsort(r);
@@ -385,6 +388,7 @@ sendseries(struct kreq *r)
   int res, i = 0;
   SeriesFull *s = NULL;
 
+  debug(r, "sendseries");
   int page = initpage(r);
   int per = initperpage(r);
   const char* sort = initsort(r);
@@ -454,6 +458,7 @@ sendindex(struct kreq *r)
 {
   struct kjsonreq    req;
 
+  debug(r, "sendindex");
   http_open(r, KHTTP_200);
   kjson_open(&req, r);
   kjson_obj_open(&req);
@@ -468,6 +473,8 @@ main(void)
 	struct kreq	 r;
 	enum kcgi_err	 er;
 
+  kutil_openlog(LOGFILE);
+
 	/* Actually parse HTTP document. */
 
 	er = khttp_parsex(&r, ksuffixmap, 
@@ -488,6 +495,7 @@ main(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
+
 	/*
 	 * Front line of defence: make sure we're a proper method, make
 	 * sure we're a page, make sure we're a JSON file.
@@ -506,12 +514,15 @@ main(void)
 		return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 	}
 
+  debug(&r, "Opening database at %s/%s", DATADIR, DATABASE);
 	if ( ! db_open(&r, DATADIR "/" DATABASE)) {
+    kutil_warn(&r, NULL, "Error opening database at %s/%s", DATADIR, DATABASE);
 		http_open(&r, KHTTP_500);
 		json_emptydoc(&r);
 		khttp_free(&r);
 		return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 	}
+  debug(&r, "Database ready %s/%s", DATADIR, DATABASE);
 
 	switch (r.page) {
 	case (PAGE_INDEX):