diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmd.c b/src/slurmd/slurmd.c
index 23eb9aff798f4c3671fdfa32aa1f94c75ed4aa9a..97ada61d961087c3dc9c5238cbc6cd5bb64c2643 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmd.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmd.c
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ void slurm_rpc_launch_tasks ( slurm_msg_t * msg )
 	launch_tasks_msg_t * task_desc = ( launch_tasks_msg_t * ) msg->data ;
 
 	start_time = clock ();
+	info ("slurmd_req: launch tasks message received");
 
 	/* do RPC call */
 	error_code = launch_tasks ( task_desc );
diff --git a/src/slurmd/task_mgr.c b/src/slurmd/task_mgr.c
index fc72b710f076a10393aab7587e65054a7f5a771f..f5b4a8b5deba0de60372322da8505c60d6b2a310 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/task_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/task_mgr.c
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ int forward_io ( task_start_t * task_arg )
 	{
 		local_errno = errno ;	
 		info ( "error opening socket to srun to pipe stdout errno %i" , local_errno ) ;
-		pthread_exit ( 0 ) ;
+//		pthread_exit ( 0 ) ;
 	}
 	
 	if ( ( task_arg->sockets[SIG_STDERR_SOCK] = slurm_open_stream ( &( task_arg -> err_dest ) ) ) == SLURM_PROTOCOL_ERROR )
 	{
 		local_errno = errno ;	
 		info ( "error opening socket to srun to pipe stdout errno %i" , local_errno ) ;
-		pthread_exit ( 0 ) ;
+//		pthread_exit ( 0 ) ;
 	}
 	
 	/* spawn io pipe threads */