diff --git a/src/THcHitList.cxx b/src/THcHitList.cxx
index c42e25836d8c96f91fdc6ae77952366568b7f589..39c2e744eedd3f5d283f09919e06fa606b8aae4b 100644
--- a/src/THcHitList.cxx
+++ b/src/THcHitList.cxx
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ a method to ask the OO decoder what kind of module is in a given slot?
 
 void THcHitList::InitHitList(THaDetMap* detmap,
 			     const char *hitclass, Int_t maxhits,
-			     Int_t tdcref_cut, Int_t adcref_cut) {
-
+                             Int_t tdcref_cut, Int_t adcref_cut) {
+  _hit_logger->set_level(spdlog::level::debug);
   _hit_logger->info("InitHitList: {} RefTimeCuts: {} {}", hitclass, tdcref_cut, adcref_cut);
   //cout << "InitHitList: " << hitclass << " RefTimeCuts: " << tdcref_cut << " " << adcref_cut << endl;
   fRawHitList = new TClonesArray(hitclass, maxhits);
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ Int_t THcHitList::DecodeToHitList( const THaEvData& evdata, Bool_t suppresswarni
 	  timeshift = fTrigTimeShiftMap[d->slot];
 	}
 	for (Int_t ipulse=0;ipulse<npulses;ipulse++) {
+          //_hit_logger->debug("event {} : ROC {} slot {} channel {}", evdata.GetEvNum() , d->crate, d->slot, chan);
 	  rawhit->SetDataTimePedestalPeak(signal,
 					  evdata.GetData(Decoder::kPulseIntegral, d->crate, d->slot, chan, ipulse),
 					  evdata.GetData(Decoder::kPulseTime, d->crate, d->slot, chan, ipulse)+64*timeshift,