diff --git a/src/orca/speechdispatcherfactory.py b/src/orca/speechdispatcherfactory.py
index 3461a0d..9be7011 100644
--- a/src/orca/speechdispatcherfactory.py
+++ b/src/orca/speechdispatcherfactory.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ class SpeechServer(speechserver.SpeechServer):
         self._client.set_punctuation(mode)
 
     def _send_command(self, command, *args, **kwargs):
+        debug.println(debug.LEVEL_SEVERE, "to sd:%s\nargs=%s, kwargs=%s" %(command, args, kwargs))
         if hasattr(speechd, 'SSIPCommunicationError'):
             try:
                 return command(*args, **kwargs)
