diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index d3f1357..c8ec5a0 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ let package = Package(
         // Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on.
         // .package(url: /* package url */, from: "1.0.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Chord", from: "0.0.15"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Datable", from: "3.1.2"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Datable", from: "3.1.4"),
         .package(name: "Socket", url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/BlueSocket", from: "1.1.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Net", from: "0.0.1"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/Transport", from: "2.3.11"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.4.2")
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-log.git", from: "1.4.2"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/OperatorFoundation/SwiftHexTools.git", from: "1.2.5")
     ],
     targets: [
         // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .target(
             name: "TransmissionLinux",
             dependencies: [
-                "Chord", "Socket", "Datable", "Transport", "Net",
+                "Chord", "Socket", "Datable", "Transport", "Net", "SwiftHexTools",
                 .product(name: "Logging", package: "swift-log")
             ]
         ),
diff --git a/Sources/TransmissionLinux/TransmissionConnection.swift b/Sources/TransmissionLinux/TransmissionConnection.swift
index 44cc849..cc62072 100644
--- a/Sources/TransmissionLinux/TransmissionConnection.swift
+++ b/Sources/TransmissionLinux/TransmissionConnection.swift
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Datable
 import Transport
 import Logging
 import SwiftQueue
+import SwiftHexTools
 
 import Chord
 import Socket
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ public class TransmissionConnection: Connection
 
         if size == 0
         {
+            if let log = self.log {log.error("transmission read size was zero")}
             readLock.leave()
             return nil
         }
@@ -127,11 +129,13 @@ public class TransmissionConnection: Connection
             buffer = Data(buffer[size..<buffer.count])
 
             readLock.leave()
+            print("\nTransmission read returned result: \(result.hex), buffer: \(buffer.hex)\n")
             return result
         }
 
         guard let data = networkRead(size: size) else
         {
+            if let log = self.log {log.error("transmission read's network read failed")}
             readLock.leave()
             return nil
         }
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ public class TransmissionConnection: Connection
 
         guard size <= buffer.count else
         {
+            if let log = self.log {log.error("transmission read asked for more bytes than available in the buffer")}
             readLock.leave()
             return nil
         }
@@ -148,6 +153,7 @@ public class TransmissionConnection: Connection
         buffer = Data(buffer[size..<buffer.count])
 
         readLock.leave()
+        print("\nTransmission read returned result: \(result.hex), buffer: \(buffer.hex)\n")
         return result
     }
 
@@ -405,6 +411,11 @@ public class TransmissionConnection: Connection
                     {
                         data = Data(data![..<bytesRead])
                     }
+                    if let realData = data {
+                        print("networkRead size: \(size), bytesRead: \(bytesRead), data: \(realData.hex)")
+                    } else {
+                        print("networkRead size: \(size), bytesRead: \(bytesRead), data: nil")
+                    }
                 }
                 catch
                 {