diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as b/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as
index a0df40323..74203371b 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import com.threerings.util.Long;
 public class ObjectInputStream
 {
     /** Enables verbose object I/O debugging. */
-    public static const DEBUG :Boolean = false;
+    public static const DEBUG :Boolean = true;
 
     public static const log :Log = Log.getLog(ObjectInputStream);