diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js
index ca8be6bd8..47e957434 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/JamServer.js
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@
 
         activeElementEvent("afterConnect", payload);
         if (payload.client_update && context.JK.ClientUpdateInstance) {
+          console.log('_DEBUG_ JamServer before ClientUpdateInstance.runCheck', payload.client_update)
           context.JK.ClientUpdateInstance.runCheck(
             payload.client_update.product,
             payload.client_update.version,
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js
index ed028a56b..3901c72d8 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/clientUpdate.js
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
     }
 
     async function runCheck(product, version, uri, size, currentVersion) {
-
+      console.log("_DEBUG_ runCheck", product, version, uri, size, currentVersion);
       if (app.clientUpdating) {
         logger.debug("client is already updating; skipping")
         return
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
         url: "/api/versioncheck?product=" + product + "&os=" + os,
         success: function (response) {
           if(!jQuery.isEmptyObject(response)){
-            console.log('_DEBUG_ clientUpdate versioncheck response', response);
+            console.log('_DEBUG_ clientUpdate before runCheck', product, response);
             runCheck(product, response.version, response.uri, response.size, currentVersion);
           }
         },
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb b/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb
index 76fd5a564..e18002f33 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@
 
             JK.JamServer.registerMessageCallback(JK.MessageType.CLIENT_UPDATE, function(header, payload) {
               // do a client update early check upon initialization
+              console.log('_DEBUG_ index.html before runCheck', payload);
               JK.ClientUpdateInstance.runCheck(payload.product, payload.version, payload.uri, payload.size)
             });