diff --git a/devops-stages/stage-test.sh b/devops-stages/stage-test.sh
index 0489f02..db8342c 100755
--- a/devops-stages/stage-test.sh
+++ b/devops-stages/stage-test.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 echo "Tests executed by user: $(whoami)"
 cd /son-emu/
 # trigger pep8 style check
+echo "flake8 version:"
+flake8 --version
 echo "Doing flake8 style check ..."
 flake8 --exclude=.eggs,devops --ignore=E501,W605,W504 .
 echo "done."
diff --git a/src/emuvim/dcemulator/net.py b/src/emuvim/dcemulator/net.py
index 056ef47..6be973f 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/dcemulator/net.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/dcemulator/net.py
@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@
             url = self.ryu_REST_api + '/' + str(prefix) + '/' + str(dpid)
         else:
             url = self.ryu_REST_api + '/' + str(prefix)
+
+        LOG.debug('sending RYU command: %s, payload: %s', url, data)
         if data:
             req = self.RyuSession.post(url, json=data)
         else: