diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as b/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as
index 7488a0e0a..818b69c36 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.as
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
                 var cname :String = Translations.getFromServer(jname);
                 cmap = new ClassMapping(code, cname, streamer);
                 _classMap[code] = cmap;
-                if (DEBUG) log.debug(DEBUG_ID +
-                    "Created mapping: (" + code + "): " + cname);
+                if (DEBUG) log.debug(DEBUG_ID + "Created mapping: (" + code + "): " + cname);
 
             } else {
                 cmap = (_classMap[code] as ClassMapping);
@@ -96,8 +95,9 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
                     throw new IOError("Read object for which we have no " +
                         "registered class metadata [code=" + code + "].");
                 }
-                if (DEBUG) log.debug(DEBUG_ID + "Read known code: (" +
-                    code + ": " + cmap.classname + ")");
+                if (DEBUG) {
+                    log.debug(DEBUG_ID + "Read known code: (" + code + ": " + cmap.classname + ")");
+                }
             }
 
 //            log.debug("Creating object sleeve...");
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.as b/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.as
index c7b2b476b..d7b47f93e 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.as
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ public class ObjectOutputStream
                 throw new Error("Too many unique classes written to ObjectOutputStream");
             }
 
+            if (ObjectInputStream.DEBUG) {
+                log.debug("Assigning class code [code=" + cmap.code + ", class=" + cname + "].");
+            }
+
             writeShort(-cmap.code);
             writeUTF((streamer == null) ? Translations.getToServer(cname)
                                         : streamer.getJavaClassName());
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java b/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java
index a3c4e4641..1ec49b2b1 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/io/FieldMarshaller.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public abstract class FieldMarshaller
             createMarshallers();
         }
 
-        if (false) { // TEMP DISABLE
-
         // first look to see if this field has custom reader/writer methods
         Method reader = null, writer = null;
         try {
@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ public abstract class FieldMarshaller
             // fall through to using reflection on the fields...
         }
 
-        } // END TEMP DISABLE
-
         Class ftype = field.getType();
         if (ftype.isInterface()) {
             // if the class is a pure interface, use Object.
@@ -151,6 +147,11 @@ public abstract class FieldMarshaller
             }
         }
 
+        public String toString ()
+        {
+            return "StreamerMarshaller:" + _streamer.toString();
+        }
+
         /** The streamer we use to read and write our field. */
         protected Streamer _streamer;
     }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.java b/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.java
index 833bc408c..66a6e3f36 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectInputStream.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class ObjectInputStream extends DataInputStream
                 Class sclass = Class.forName(cname, true, _loader);
                 Streamer streamer = Streamer.getStreamer(sclass);
                 if (STREAM_DEBUG) {
-                    log.info(hashCode() + ": New class '" + cname + "'.");
+                    log.info(hashCode() + ": New class '" + cname + "' [code=" + code + "].");
                 }
 
                 // sanity check
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.java b/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.java
index 9decbaa4f..4042db190 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/io/ObjectOutputStream.java
@@ -26,29 +26,12 @@ import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
+import static com.threerings.NaryaLog.log;
+
 /**
  * Used to write {@link Streamable} objects to an {@link OutputStream}.  Other common object types
- * are supported as well:
- *
- * <pre>
- * Boolean
- * Byte
- * Character
- * Short
- * Integer
- * Long
- * Float
- * Double
- * boolean[]
- * byte[]
- * char[]
- * short[]
- * int[]
- * long[]
- * float[]
- * double[]
- * Object[]
- * </pre>
+ * are supported as well: <code>Boolean, Byte, Character, Short, Integer, Long, Float, Double,
+ * boolean[], byte[], char[], short[], int[], long[], float[], double[], Object[]</code>.
  *
  * @see Streamable
  */
@@ -102,6 +85,10 @@ public class ObjectOutputStream extends DataOutputStream
             // we specifically do not inline the getStreamer() call into the ClassMapping
             // constructor because we want to be sure not to call _nextCode++ if getStreamer()
             // throws an exception
+            if (ObjectInputStream.STREAM_DEBUG) {
+                log.info(hashCode() + ": Creating class mapping [code=" + _nextCode +
+                         ", class=" + sclass.getName() + "].");
+            }
             cmap = new ClassMapping(_nextCode++, sclass, streamer);
             _classmap.put(sclass, cmap);
 
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java
index 9b97a28ff..db265cafe 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java
@@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ public class Streamer
             }
             try {
                 if (ObjectInputStream.STREAM_DEBUG) {
-                    log.info(in.hashCode() + ": Reading field '" + field.getName() + "'.");
+                    log.info(in.hashCode() + ": Reading field '" + field.getName() + "' " +
+                             "with " + fm + ".");
                 }
                 // gracefully deal with objects that have had new fields added to their class
                 // definition