diff --git a/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/ElectingLevelDBStore.scala b/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/ElectingLevelDBStore.scala
index 368ea96fff..4595a1b778 100644
--- a/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/ElectingLevelDBStore.scala
+++ b/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/ElectingLevelDBStore.scala
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ class ElectingLevelDBStore extends ProxyLevelDBStore {
 
     val zk_group = ZooKeeperGroupFactory.create(zk_client, zkPath)
     val master_elector = new MasterElector(this)
+    debug("Starting ZooKeeper group monitor")
     master_elector.start(zk_group)
+    debug("Joining ZooKeeper group")
     master_elector.join
 
     this.setUseLock(true)
diff --git a/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/MasterElector.scala b/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/MasterElector.scala
index b5d8e10271..84f93d0e09 100644
--- a/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/MasterElector.scala
+++ b/activemq-leveldb-store/src/main/scala/org/apache/activemq/leveldb/replicated/MasterElector.scala
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class MasterElector(store: ElectingLevelDBStore) extends ClusteredSingleton[Leve
     }
 
     def changed:Unit = elector.synchronized {
+      debug("ZooKeeper group changed: %s", members)
+
 //      info(eid+" cluster state changed: "+members)
       if (isMaster) {
         // We are the master elector, we will choose which node will startup the MasterLevelDBStore