diff --git a/src/mpg123/mpg123.c b/src/mpg123/mpg123.c
index 636dc5d..8f41939 100644
--- a/src/mpg123/mpg123.c
+++ b/src/mpg123/mpg123.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 #include <audacious/plugin.h>
 #include <audacious/audtag.h>
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 /* Define to read all frame headers when calculating file length */
 /* #define FULL_SCAN */
 
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ static bool_t mpg123_playback_worker (const char * filename, VFSFile * file)
 
 	set_format (ctx.decoder);
 
+	printf ("trying to play %s\n", filename);
 	if (mpg123_open_handle (ctx.decoder, file) < 0)
 	{
 OPEN_ERROR:
@@ -321,16 +324,27 @@ GET_FORMAT:
 
 	if (! aud_input_open_audio (FMT_FLOAT, ctx.rate, ctx.channels))
 	{
+		printf ("open_audio error\n");
 		error = TRUE;
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	while (! aud_input_check_stop ())
+	int total_bytes_written = 0;
+
+	printf ("entering play loop\n");
+	while (1)
 	{
+		if (aud_input_check_stop ())
+		{
+			printf ("stopped manually\n");
+			break;
+		}
+
 		int seek = aud_input_check_seek ();
 
 		if (seek >= 0)
 		{
+			printf ("seeking to %d\n", seek);
 			if (mpg123_seek (ctx.decoder, (int64_t) seek * ctx.rate / 1000, SEEK_SET) < 0)
 				print_mpg123_error (filename, ctx.decoder);
 
@@ -360,6 +374,8 @@ GET_FORMAT:
 		if (! outbuf_size && (ret = mpg123_read (ctx.decoder, (void *) outbuf,
 		 sizeof outbuf, & outbuf_size)) < 0)
 		{
+			printf ("mpg123_read returned %d\n", ret);
+			printf ("total bytes written: %d\n", total_bytes_written);
 			if (ret == MPG123_DONE || ret == MPG123_ERR_READER)
 				break;
 
@@ -375,12 +391,14 @@ GET_FORMAT:
 		{
 			error_count = 0;
 
+			total_bytes_written += outbuf_size;
 			aud_input_write_audio (outbuf, outbuf_size);
 			outbuf_size = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
 cleanup:
+	printf ("playback done\n");
 	mpg123_delete(ctx.decoder);
 	if (ctx.tu)
 		tuple_unref (ctx.tu);