--- a/src/nexus.c	Sun Mar 01 01:48:14 2009 +0200
+++ b/src/nexus.c	Sun Mar 01 02:02:48 2009 +0200
@@ -91,15 +91,21 @@
 
     // over-simplified connect
     if (ssl) {
+        log_info("SSL connecting to [%s]:%s", hostname, portname);
+
         if (sock_ssl_connect(&sock, hostname, portname, &err))
             FATAL_ERROR(&err, "sock_ssl_connect(%s, %s)", hostname, portname);
 
     } else {
+        log_info("connecting to [%s]:%s", hostname, portname);
+
         if (sock_tcp_connect(&sock, hostname, portname, &err))
             FATAL_ERROR(&err, "sock_tcp_connect(%s, %s)", hostname, portname);
 
     }
 
+    log_info("connected, registering");
+
     // create the irc connection state
     if (irc_conn_create(&conn, sock, &conn_config, &err))
         FATAL_ERROR(&err, "irc_conn_create");