diff --git a/tildetown-py/stats.py b/tildetown-py/stats.py
index 40f2fbb..dcfbc8f 100644
--- a/tildetown-py/stats.py
+++ b/tildetown-py/stats.py
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ from os import listdir
 from os.path import getmtime, join
 from datetime import datetime
 from sh import find, facter
-from util import slurp, thread
+from util import slurp, thread, p
 
 # this script emits json on standard out that has information about tilde.town
 # users. It denotes who has not updated their page from the default. It also
 # reports the time this script was run. The user list is sorted by public_html update time.
 
-
 DEFAULT_HTML = slurp("/etc/skel/public_html/index.html")
 
 username_to_html_path = lambda u: "/home/{}/public_html".format(u)
@@ -29,11 +28,13 @@ def guarded_mtime(path):
         return 0
 
 def modify_time(username):
+    p(username)
     files_to_mtimes = partial(map, guarded_mtime)
     return thread(username,
                   username_to_html_path,
                   bounded_find,
                   files_to_mtimes,
+                  p
                   list,
                   max)
 
diff --git a/tildetown-py/util.py b/tildetown-py/util.py
index 4657510..3b1fd5d 100644
--- a/tildetown-py/util.py
+++ b/tildetown-py/util.py
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ def thread(initial, *fns):
     for fn in fns:
         value = fn(value)
     return value
+
+def p(x):
+    print(x)
+    return x