diff --git a/lbry/cli.py b/lbry/cli.py
index 2745cc944..64c55eb62 100644
--- a/lbry/cli.py
+++ b/lbry/cli.py
@@ -221,11 +221,14 @@ def main(argv=None):
         if args.help:
             args.start_parser.print_help()
         elif args.full_node:
+            print('Instantiating FullNode')
             service = FullNode(Ledger(conf))
             if conf.console == "advanced":
                 console = AdvancedConsole(service)
             else:
+                print('Instantiating BasicConsole')
                 console = BasicConsole(service)
+            print('Daemon(service, console).run()')
             return Daemon(service, console).run()
         else:
             print('Only `start --full-node` is currently supported.')
diff --git a/lbry/service/daemon.py b/lbry/service/daemon.py
index a96e4d31e..eb4ae9a49 100644
--- a/lbry/service/daemon.py
+++ b/lbry/service/daemon.py
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ class Daemon:
             pass  # Not implemented on Windows
 
         try:
+            print('loop.run_until_complete(self.start())')
             loop.run_until_complete(self.start())
+            print('loop.run_forever()')
             loop.run_forever()
         except (GracefulExit, KeyboardInterrupt, asyncio.CancelledError):
             pass
@@ -109,10 +111,15 @@ class Daemon:
             loop.run_until_complete(loop.shutdown_asyncgens())
 
     async def start(self):
+        print('self.console.starting()')
         self.console.starting()
+        print('await self.runner.setup()')
         await self.runner.setup()
+        print('TCPSite(self.runner, self.conf.api_host, self.conf.api_port)')
         site = TCPSite(self.runner, self.conf.api_host, self.conf.api_port)
+        print('await site.start()')
         await site.start()
+        print('await self.service.start()')
         await self.service.start()
 
     async def stop(self):