diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/base_manager.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/base_manager.rb
index 09fc2e1eb..ce1eb55ec 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/base_manager.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/base_manager.rb
@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ module JamRuby
     def self.active_record_transaction
 
       manager = self.new
+      @log.debug("DEBUGCONN -1")
       ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do |connection|
+        @log.debug("DEBUGCONN -2")
         # create a transaction, and pass the current connection to ConnectionManager.
         # this lets the entire operation work with the same transaction,
         # across Rails ActiveRecord and the pg-gem based code in ConnectionManager.
         manager.pg_conn = connection.instance_variable_get("@connection")
 
         if @@in_websocket_gateway
+          @log.debug("DEBUGCONN -3")
           # it only necessary to catch exceptions in websocket-gateway, which has only one AR connection and does not clean it up like a Rails context does
           begin
             connection.transaction do
@@ -34,7 +37,9 @@ module JamRuby
             ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute('ROLLBACK')
           end
         else
+          @log.debug("DEBUGCONN -4")
           connection.transaction do
+            @log.debug("DEBUGCONN -5")
             yield manager
           end
         end
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb
index 0d0583f39..ecc61534a 100644
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/connection_manager.rb
@@ -403,15 +403,20 @@ SQL
     end
 
     def join_music_session(user, client_id, music_session, as_musician, tracks, audio_latency, video_sources=nil)
+      @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 1")
       connection = nil
 
       ConnectionManager.active_record_transaction do |connection_manager|
+        @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 2")
         db_conn = connection_manager.pg_conn
 
+        @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 3")
         connection = Connection.find_by_client_id_and_user_id!(client_id, user.id)
 
+        @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 4")
         connection.join_the_session(music_session, as_musician, tracks, user, audio_latency, video_sources)
 
+        @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 5")
         JamRuby::MusicSessionUserHistory.join_music_session(user.id, music_session.id)
         # connection.music_session_id = music_session.id
         # connection.as_musician = as_musician
@@ -420,14 +425,18 @@ SQL
         # associate_tracks(connection, tracks)
         # connection.save
 
+        @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 6")
         if connection.errors.any?
+          @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 7")
           raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
         else
+          @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 8")
           update_session_controller(music_session.id)
         end
 
       end
 
+      @log.debug("DEBUGCONN 9")
       connection
     end