diff --git a/examples/PeerDiscovery.js b/examples/PeerDiscovery.js
index dfbec6561..b070c2977 100644
--- a/examples/PeerDiscovery.js
+++ b/examples/PeerDiscovery.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 var PeerManager = require('../lib/PeerManager');
 var peerman     = new PeerManager();
 
-peerman.discover({ limit: 6 }).start();
+peerman.discover({ limit: 12 }).start();
diff --git a/lib/PeerManager.js b/lib/PeerManager.js
index 85cbb229e..c9f692446 100644
--- a/lib/PeerManager.js
+++ b/lib/PeerManager.js
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ PeerManager.prototype.checkStatus = function checkStatus() {
       }
     });
 
+    // for debug purposes, print how many of our peers are actually connected
+    var connected = 0
+    this.peers.forEach(function(p) { 
+      if (p.connection && !p.connection._connecting) connected++ 
+    });
+    log.info(connected + ' of ' + this.peers.length + ' peers connected');
+
     Object.keys(peerIndex).forEach(function(i) {
       this.connectTo(peerIndex[i]);
     }.bind(this));
@@ -192,8 +199,8 @@ PeerManager.prototype.handleDisconnect = function(e) {
   if(i != -1) this.connections.splice(i, 1);
 
   this.removePeer(e.peer);
-  log.info('replacing peer with one from the pool of: ' + this.pool.length);
   if (this.pool.length) {
+    log.info('replacing peer using the pool of ' + this.pool.length + ' seeds');
     this.addPeer(this.pool.pop());
   }