diff --git a/src/platform.js b/src/platform.js
index d3c6ff893..d95f21a02 100644
--- a/src/platform.js
+++ b/src/platform.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ function initialize(callback) {
     // database dir and we cannot call service scripts until that's done.
     // TODO: make this smarter to not wait for 30secs for the crash-restart case
     gPlatformReadyTimer = setTimeout(function () {
+        debug('emitting platform ready');
         gPlatformReadyTimer = null;
         exports.events.emit(exports.EVENT_READY);
     }, 30000);
diff --git a/src/taskmanager.js b/src/taskmanager.js
index f1821048d..a135a5c34 100644
--- a/src/taskmanager.js
+++ b/src/taskmanager.js
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ function waitForPendingTasks(callback) {
 
 function platformReady() {
     if (cloudron.isConfiguredSync()) {
+        debug('platformReady: configured, resuming tasks');
         resumeTasks();
     } else {
+        debug('platformReady: not configured yet. waiting for configured event');
         cloudron.events.on(cloudron.EVENT_CONFIGURED, resumeTasks);
     }
 }