diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp b/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp
index 19363b11..e56b5923 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/utun_node.cpp
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ void UtunNode::runLoop() {
         return;
     }
 
+    { int sock_count = 0; for (struct ETCP_SOCKET* s = m_instance->etcp_sockets; s; s = s->next) sock_count++;
+      DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_DEBUG, "utun_node: after instance_init, etcp_sockets=%d conns=%d",
+                 sock_count, queue_entry_count(m_instance->connections)); }
+
     etcp_router_bind(m_instance, ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT, recvCallback);
 
     /* Initialize chat_core (DB) and chat_sync (channel/message P2P sync) */