diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py
index 2334c61b4c..94bfa55b58 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/assets.py
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ def import_course(request, org, course, name):
 
         create_all_course_groups(request.user, course_items[0].location)
 
+        logging.debug('created all course groups at {0}'.format(course_items[0].location))
+
         return HttpResponse(json.dumps({'Status': 'OK'}))
     else:
         course_module = modulestore().get_item(location)
diff --git a/cms/envs/dev.py b/cms/envs/dev.py
index 0b0a62f05d..42a6f706b6 100644
--- a/cms/envs/dev.py
+++ b/cms/envs/dev.py
@@ -150,14 +150,13 @@ DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = (
     'debug_toolbar.panels.sql.SQLDebugPanel',
     'debug_toolbar.panels.signals.SignalDebugPanel',
     'debug_toolbar.panels.logger.LoggingPanel',
-    'debug_toolbar_mongo.panel.MongoDebugPanel',
 
     #  Enabling the profiler has a weird bug as of django-debug-toolbar==0.9.4 and
     #  Django=1.3.1/1.4 where requests to views get duplicated (your method gets
     #  hit twice). So you can uncomment when you need to diagnose performance
     #  problems, but you shouldn't leave it on.
     #  'debug_toolbar.panels.profiling.ProfilingDebugPanel',
-    )
+)
 
 DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
     'INTERCEPT_REDIRECTS': False
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
 
 # To see stacktraces for MongoDB queries, set this to True.
 # Stacktraces slow down page loads drastically (for pages with lots of queries).
-DEBUG_TOOLBAR_MONGO_STACKTRACES = True
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_MONGO_STACKTRACES = False
 
 # disable NPS survey in dev mode
 MITX_FEATURES['STUDIO_NPS_SURVEY'] = False
diff --git a/cms/envs/dev_dbperf.py b/cms/envs/dev_dbperf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b490702d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cms/envs/dev_dbperf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+This configuration is to turn on the Django Toolbar stats for DB access stats, for performance analysis
+"""
+from .dev import *
+
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = (
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.version.VersionDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.timer.TimerDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.settings_vars.SettingsVarsDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.headers.HeaderDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.request_vars.RequestVarsDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.sql.SQLDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.signals.SignalDebugPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar.panels.logger.LoggingPanel',
+    'debug_toolbar_mongo.panel.MongoDebugPanel'
+
+    #  Enabling the profiler has a weird bug as of django-debug-toolbar==0.9.4 and
+    #  Django=1.3.1/1.4 where requests to views get duplicated (your method gets
+    #  hit twice). So you can uncomment when you need to diagnose performance
+    #  problems, but you shouldn't leave it on.
+    #  'debug_toolbar.panels.profiling.ProfilingDebugPanel',
+)
+
+# To see stacktraces for MongoDB queries, set this to True.
+# Stacktraces slow down page loads drastically (for pages with lots of queries).
+DEBUG_TOOLBAR_MONGO_STACKTRACES = True
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
index f24dad7cf0..856a30435c 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/xml_importer.py
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ def import_from_xml(store, data_dir, course_dirs=None,
 
             # finally loop through all the modules
             for module in xml_module_store.modules[course_id].itervalues():
-
                 if module.category == 'course':
                     # we've already saved the course module up at the top of the loop
                     # so just skip over it in the inner loop
@@ -177,6 +176,9 @@ def import_from_xml(store, data_dir, course_dirs=None,
 
 def import_module(module, store, course_data_path, static_content_store,
                   source_course_location, dest_course_location, allow_not_found=False):
+
+    logging.debug('processing import of module {0}...'.format(module.location.url()))
+
     content = {}
     for field in module.fields:
         if field.scope != Scope.content: