diff --git a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
index 4546bd6f..75126707 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
+++ b/backends/libpurple/geventloop.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 #include "event.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+
+using namespace log4cxx;
+
+static LoggerPtr logger = Logger::getLogger("EventLoop");
+
 typedef struct _PurpleIOClosure {
 	PurpleInputFunction function;
 	guint result;
@@ -150,14 +156,17 @@ static void event_io_invoke(int fd, short event, void *data)
 	{
 // 		tmp |= PURPLE_INPUT_WRITE;
 // 		purple_cond = (PurpleInputCondition)tmp;
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "before timer callback " << closure->function2);
 		if (closure->function2(closure->data))
 			evtimer_add(&closure->evfifo, &closure->timeout);
+		LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "after timer callback" << closure->function2);
 // 		else
 // 			event_io_destroy(data);
 		return;
 	}
-
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "before callback " << closure->function);
 	closure->function(closure->data, fd, purple_cond);
+	LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "after callback" << closure->function);
 }
 
 static gboolean event_input_remove(guint handle)