diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index ee26e7f..e36057a 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <QDebug>
 #include "hgx11.h"
 
 static hgx11 *grab;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ static QCoreApplication *qapp;
 
 static void quit(int)
 {
+    qDebug() << "Quitting application.";
     if (grab != nullptr) {
         grab->~hgx11();
     }
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ static void quit(int)
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    qDebug() << "Application starting.";
     qapp = new QCoreApplication(argc, argv);
     signal(SIGINT, quit);
     signal(SIGTERM, quit);
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     parser.addOption({{"d", "threshold"}, "Set the threshold of the LED's (requires 3 space seperated values between 0.0 and 1.0) (ex. \"0.0025,0.005,0.01\")", "value"});
     parser.addOption({{"l", "transform"}, "Adjusts the luminance / saturation of the LED's values are in this order: luminanceGain, luminanceMin, saturationL (requires 3 space seperated values between 0.0 and 1.0) (ex. \"1.0,0.01,1.0\")", "value"});
     parser.addOption({{"x", "scalefilter"}, "X11 scaling filter to use (see X11's render.h). 0 nearest (default), 1 bilinear, 2 fast, 3 good, 4 best", "value"});
+    
+    qDebug() << "Processing command line arguments.";
     parser.process(*qapp);
 
     if (!parser.isSet("address")) {
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         parser.showHelp();
     }
 
+    qDebug() << "Command line arguments processed.";
+
     QHash<QString, QString> opts;
     QString optName;
     for (int i = 0; i < parser.optionNames().size(); i++) {
@@ -59,7 +66,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         opts.insert(optName, parser.value(optName));
     }
 
+    qDebug() << "Creating hgx11 object.";
     grab = new hgx11(opts);
+    qDebug() << "Starting event loop.";
     return qapp->exec();
 }