diff --git a/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs b/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
index b9ea01cc12e8b5278cdd85698c98e7ff25dae917..72e1a7dd27cf4167fa96d46a68a74763d6e6d111 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/component/component_pdl.rs
@@ -241,15 +241,17 @@ impl Component for CompPDL {
     }
 
     fn handle_message(&mut self, sched_ctx: &mut SchedulerCtx, comp_ctx: &mut CompCtx, mut message: Message) {
-        // sched_ctx.log(&format!("handling message: {:?}", message));
+        sched_ctx.debug(&format!("handling message: {:?}", message));
         if let Some(new_target) = self.control.should_reroute(&mut message) {
             let mut target = sched_ctx.runtime.get_component_public(new_target); // TODO: @NoDirectHandle
+            sched_ctx.debug(&format!("rerouting to: {:?}", new_target));
             target.send_message_logged(sched_ctx, message, false); // not waking up: we schedule once we've received all PortPeerChanged Acks
             let _should_remove = target.decrement_users();
             debug_assert!(_should_remove.is_none());
             return;
         }
 
+        sched_ctx.debug("handling message myself");
         match message {
             Message::Data(message) => {
                 self.handle_incoming_data_message(sched_ctx, comp_ctx, message);