diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh b/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
index 546f99a3e..f7409f600 100755
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ exec 2>&1
 # Note the -u when calling python! we need it to get unbuffered binary stdout and stderr
 
 export PYTHONPATH=${api_client_path}
-#su ${recorder_user} -c "python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}"
 
-setuidgid ${recorder_user} python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}
+su ${recorder_user} -c "python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}"
+
+#ecasound does not work when recorder script is called with setuidgid. 
+#setuidgid ${recorder_user} python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script}
 
 
 # EOF
diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py b/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py
index 0421086c3..a574899ef 100644
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/recorder.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ class ShowRecorder(Thread):
         args = command.split(" ")
 
         self.logger.info("starting record")
+        self.logger.info("command " + command)
+
+        #Run command with arguments. Wait for command to complete, then return the returncode attribute.
         code = call(args)
         self.logger.info("finishing record, return code %s", code)