diff --git a/src/frontend/cpitf.c b/src/frontend/cpitf.c
index c273c9ce5..4041acbc7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/cpitf.c
+++ b/src/frontend/cpitf.c
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ ft_cpinit(void)
         /* jump over leading spaces */
         for (copys = s = cp_tildexpand(Lib_Path); copys && *copys; ) {
             s = skip_ws(s);
+#ifdef OUTDEBUG
+            printf("cpitf.c, spinit path is %s\n", s);
+#endif
             /* copy s into buf until space is seen, r is the actual position */
             for (r = buf; *s && !isspace_c(*s); r++, s++)
                 *r = *s;
diff --git a/src/sharedspice.c b/src/sharedspice.c
index 3d86f57e7..056f0667a 100644
--- a/src/sharedspice.c
+++ b/src/sharedspice.c
@@ -1177,6 +1177,13 @@ sh_fputsll(const char *input, FILE* outf)
     if (noprintfwanted)
         return -1;
 
+#ifdef OUTDEBUG
+    /* debug: print into file */
+    FILE *fd = fopen("ng-string-out.txt", "a");
+    fprintf(fd, "%s", input);
+    fclose(fd);
+#endif
+
     if (outf == stderr) {
         if (!outstringerr)
             delstring = outstringerr = copy(input);