diff --git a/elaborate.cc b/elaborate.cc
index ba18d812e..c90a9af96 100644
--- a/elaborate.cc
+++ b/elaborate.cc
@@ -1915,6 +1915,7 @@ static NetExpr*elaborate_delay_expr(PExpr*expr, Design*des, NetScope*scope)
 		  shift -= 1;
 	    }
 
+	    ivl_assert(*expr, dex);
 	    NetExpr*scal_val = new NetEConst(verinum(scale));
 	    dex = new NetEBMult('*', dex, scal_val);
       }
@@ -1926,6 +1927,7 @@ static NetExpr*elaborate_delay_expr(PExpr*expr, Design*des, NetScope*scope)
 		  shift += 1;
 	    }
 
+	    ivl_assert(*expr, dex);
 	    NetExpr*scal_val = new NetEConst(verinum(scale));
 	    dex = new NetEBDiv('/', dex, scal_val);
       }
diff --git a/ivlpp/main.c b/ivlpp/main.c
index bec4789d7..f41f66ab6 100644
--- a/ivlpp/main.c
+++ b/ivlpp/main.c
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ int main(int argc, char*argv[])
 	    if (depend_file) fclose(depend_file);
 	    if (precomp_out) fclose(precomp_out);
 	    return -1;
-}
+      }
       destroy_lexor();
 
       if (depend_file) fclose(depend_file);
diff --git a/load_module.cc b/load_module.cc
index 49a0058b7..8660b981a 100644
--- a/load_module.cc
+++ b/load_module.cc
@@ -88,10 +88,14 @@ bool load_module(const char*type)
 		  strcat(cmdline, " \"");
 		  strcat(cmdline, path);
 		  strcat(cmdline, "\"");
+
+		  if (verbose_flag)
+			cerr << "Executing: " << cmdline << endl<< flush;
+
 		  FILE*file = popen(cmdline, "r");
 
 		  if (verbose_flag)
-			cerr << "Executing: " << cmdline << endl;
+			cerr << "...parsing output from preprocessor..." << endl << flush;
 
 		  pform_parse(path, file);
 		  pclose(file);
@@ -108,6 +112,9 @@ bool load_module(const char*type)
 		  fclose(file);
 	    }
 
+	    if (verbose_flag)
+		  cerr << "... Load module complete." << endl << flush;
+
 	    return true;
       }