diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/CallRPC.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/CallRPC.cpp
index 17fe7cad2..2cf58d8dd 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/CallRPC.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/CallRPC.cpp
@@ -659,7 +659,12 @@ Json::Value callRPC(const std::string& strIp, const int iPort, const std::string
 {
 	// Connect to localhost
 	if (!theConfig.QUIET)
+	{
 		std::cerr << "Connecting to: " << strIp << ":" << iPort << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Username: " << strUsername << ":" << strPassword << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Path: " << strPassword << std::endl;
+		std::cerr << "Method: " << strMethod << std::endl;
+	}
 
 	boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint
 		endpoint(boost::asio::ip::address::from_string(strIp), iPort);
@@ -668,18 +673,21 @@ Json::Value callRPC(const std::string& strIp, const int iPort, const std::string
 	if (stream.fail())
 		throw std::runtime_error("couldn't connect to server");
 
+cLog(lsDEBUG) << "connected" << std::endl;
 	// HTTP basic authentication
 	std::string strUserPass64 = EncodeBase64(strUsername + ":" + strPassword);
 	std::map<std::string, std::string> mapRequestHeaders;
 	mapRequestHeaders["Authorization"] = std::string("Basic ") + strUserPass64;
 
+cLog(lsDEBUG) << "requesting" << std::endl;
 	// Send request
 	std::string strRequest = JSONRPCRequest(strMethod, params, Json::Value(1));
-	cLog(lsDEBUG) << "send request " << strMethod << " : " << strRequest << std::endl;
+cLog(lsDEBUG) << "send request " << strMethod << " : " << strRequest << std::endl;
+
 	std::string strPost = createHTTPPost(strPath, strRequest, mapRequestHeaders);
 	stream << strPost << std::flush;
 
-	// std::cerr << "post  " << strPost << std::endl;
+std::cerr << "post  " << strPost << std::endl;
 
 	// Receive reply
 	std::map<std::string, std::string> mapHeaders;
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp
index 9af8b1d30..85a50fb00 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCHandler.cpp
@@ -2305,8 +2305,11 @@ Json::Value RPCHandler::doSubscribe(Json::Value jvRequest)
 
 	if (jvRequest.isMember("url"))
 	{
+// Temporarily off.
+#if 0
 		if (mRole != ADMIN)
 			return rpcError(rpcNO_PERMISSION);
+#endif
 
 		std::string	strUrl		= jvRequest["url"].asString();
 		std::string	strUsername	= jvRequest.isMember("username") ? jvRequest["username"].asString() : "";
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCSub.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCSub.cpp
index c4ecc609c..e85d8ffe2 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/RPCSub.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/RPCSub.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ RPCSub::RPCSub(const std::string& strUrl, const std::string& strUsername, const
     }
 
     mSeq	= 1;
+
+    if (mPort < 0)
+	mPort	= 80;
 }
 
 void RPCSub::sendThread()
@@ -55,9 +58,11 @@ void RPCSub::sendThread()
 	// Send outside of the lock.
 	if (bSend)
 	{
-	    // Drop result.
 	    try
 	    {
+		cLog(lsDEBUG) << boost::str(boost::format("callRPC calling: %s") % mIp);
+
+		// Drop result.
 		(void) callRPC(mIp, mPort, mUsername, mPassword, mPath, "event", jvEvent);
 	    }
 	    catch (const std::exception& e)
@@ -76,9 +81,12 @@ void RPCSub::send(const Json::Value& jvObj)
     {
 	// Drop the previous event.
 
+	cLog(lsDEBUG) << boost::str(boost::format("callRPC drop"));
 	mDeque.pop_back();
     }
 
+    cLog(lsDEBUG) << boost::str(boost::format("callRPC push: %s") % jvObj);
+
     mDeque.push_back(std::make_pair(mSeq++, jvObj));
 
     if (!mSending)
@@ -86,6 +94,7 @@ void RPCSub::send(const Json::Value& jvObj)
 	// Start a sending thread.
 	mSending    = true;
 
+    cLog(lsDEBUG) << boost::str(boost::format("callRPC start"));
 	boost::thread(boost::bind(&RPCSub::sendThread, this)).detach();
     }
 }