diff --git a/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp b/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp
index f78fe6f7..2346bf99 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/menu/menu_state_custom_game.cpp
@@ -2621,12 +2621,16 @@ void MenuStateCustomGame::shutdownTask(BaseThread *callingThread) {
 void MenuStateCustomGame::setupTaskStatic(BaseThread *callingThread) {
 	if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("In [%s::%s Line %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 	CURL *handle = SystemFlags::initHTTP();
+	if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("In [%s::%s Line %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 	callingThread->setGenericData<CURL>(handle);
+	if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("In [%s::%s Line %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 }
 void MenuStateCustomGame::shutdownTaskStatic(BaseThread *callingThread) {
 	if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("In [%s::%s Line %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 	CURL *handle = callingThread->getGenericData<CURL>();
+	if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("In [%s::%s Line %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 	SystemFlags::cleanupHTTP(&handle);
+	if(SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED) printf("In [%s::%s Line %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 }
 
 void MenuStateCustomGame::simpleTask(BaseThread *callingThread) {
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp
index 789efc92..7bb475ec 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/util/util.cpp
@@ -184,10 +184,12 @@ CURL *SystemFlags::initHTTP() {
 	if(SystemFlags::curl_global_init_called == false) {
 		SystemFlags::curl_global_init_called = true;
 		//printf("HTTP init\n");
+		if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSystem).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line %d] calling curl_global_init\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 		CURLcode result = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
 		if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSystem).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line %d] curl_global_init called and returned: result %d [%s]\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,result,curl_easy_strerror(result));
 		//printf("In [%s::%s Line %d] curl_global_init called and returned: result %d [%s]\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,result,curl_easy_strerror(result));
 	}
+	if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSystem).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line %d] calling curl_easy_init\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 	CURL *handle = curl_easy_init();
 	if(handle == NULL) {
 		if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSystem).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line %d] ERROR handle = NULL\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);