diff --git a/clientgui/BOINCGUIApp.cpp b/clientgui/BOINCGUIApp.cpp
index 385212f3b8..947c11e719 100644
--- a/clientgui/BOINCGUIApp.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/BOINCGUIApp.cpp
@@ -308,8 +308,14 @@ void CBOINCGUIApp::InitSupportedLanguages() {
 
 
 bool CBOINCGUIApp::IsBOINCCoreRunning() {
+    fprintf(stderr, "CBOINCGUIApp::IsBOINCCoreRunning - Function Begin");
+
+    bool retval;
     RPC_CLIENT rpc;
-    return (0 == rpc.init( wxT("localhost") ) );
+    retval = (0 == rpc.init( wxT("localhost") ) );
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "CBOINCGUIApp::IsBOINCCoreRunning - Function End");
+    return retval;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/gui_rpc_client.C b/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
index 58ef672e61..ad57094a42 100644
--- a/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
+++ b/lib/gui_rpc_client.C
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ RPC_CLIENT::~RPC_CLIENT() {
 // call this and then call init() again.
 //
 void RPC_CLIENT::close() {
+    fprintf(stderr, "RPC_CLIENT::close Called");
 #ifdef _WIN32
     ::closesocket(sock);
 #else