diff --git a/wantzel.py b/wantzel.py
index cb0a01f609b145eb50dbe2cd2da67cf01144e4a7..4dd5facaf3a40be6d9718d1737834d0e3d0bf272 100644
--- a/wantzel.py
+++ b/wantzel.py
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ class Wantzel(object):
             AND nid = 0""")
         rows = cursor.fetchall()
         number = int(rows[0][0])
+        Utils.debug("Found %s articles." % number)
         if self.number!=number:
             self.irc.client.topic("#lqdn-rp", messages["topic"] % number)
             pass