diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9d2f3b2ef2778be0cd195adc8a6edea06dfd5d04..2c48c3d988203676cb4cef52843abfd9c901e1fa 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ fn main() {
 
 
     let builder = thread::Builder::new().name("controller".into());
+    println!("starting controller...");
     let controller = builder.spawn(move || {
-
+        println!("in controller....");
         let mut stream;
         let mut state: (f32, f32, f32, f32, f32) = (COLS as f32/2.0,ROWS as f32/2.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0); 
         
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ fn main() {
         interact(&mut port).unwrap();
 
         let listener: std::net::TcpListener;
+        println!("controller: waiting for sender");
         loop {
             match TcpListener::bind(REMOTE_OPERATOR_ADDRESS) {
                 Ok(lis) => {listener = lis; break;},