diff --git a/src/mra.py b/src/mra.py
index 904c905221b7169e070ea67de35456cd2a384ace..50706514c9e8ae801e0090a29e37bf00bb01c9c3 100644
--- a/src/mra.py
+++ b/src/mra.py
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class Layer(MetadataMixin):
         # Mostly because we haven't got the proper declarations, we fallback to
         # an html parser, which luckily is much more forgiving.
         from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
+        logging.error(new_sld)
         xmlsld = parseString(new_sld)
 
         try:
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ class Layer(MetadataMixin):
             logging.warning(
                 "mra.py::Layer::set_default_style IOError %s", OSError)
             return
+        logging.error(type(style))
         logging.error(style)
         self.add_style_sld(mf, s_name, style)
         self.ms.classgroup = s_name