diff --git a/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx b/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx
index d7d4cc34c..73ea59a2a 100644
--- a/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx
+++ b/campcaster/src/modules/playlistExecutor/src/GstreamerPlayer.cxx
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ GstreamerPlayer :: getPlaylength(void)              throw (std::logic_error)
  
     length.reset(new time_duration(microsec(ns / 1000LL)));
 
-    debug() << length << endl;
+    debug() << "playlength is: " << *length << endl; 
     return length;
 }