diff --git a/djangoapps/courseware/content_parser.py b/djangoapps/courseware/content_parser.py
index d557e5ac36..2b0e0ce57c 100644
--- a/djangoapps/courseware/content_parser.py
+++ b/djangoapps/courseware/content_parser.py
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ def course_file(user,coursename=None):
     else: 
         tree_string = None
 
+    if settings.DEBUG:
+        print '[courseware.content_parser.course_file] filename=%s, cache_key=%s' % (filename,cache_key)
+
     if not tree_string:
         tree = course_xml_process(etree.XML(render_to_string(filename, options, namespace = 'course')))
         tree_string = etree.tostring(tree)
diff --git a/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py b/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
index 278d19fd2c..68b6e63ebb 100644
--- a/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
+++ b/djangoapps/courseware/module_render.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class I4xSystem(object):
             self.filestore = OSFS(settings.DATA_DIR)
         else:
             self.filestore = filestore
+            if settings.DEBUG:
+                print "[courseware.module_render.I4xSystem] filestore path = %s" % filestore
         self.render_function = render_function
         self.exception404 = Http404
     def __repr__(self):