diff --git a/monitord/plugins/dll-elf.cpp b/monitord/plugins/dll-elf.cpp
index ece23fc..af13ae9 100644
--- a/monitord/plugins/dll-elf.cpp
+++ b/monitord/plugins/dll-elf.cpp
@@ -7,15 +7,20 @@
 
 DLLManager::DLLManager( const char *fname )
 {
-    // Try to open the library now and get any error message.
+	// Try to open the library now and get any error message.
+	LOG_INFO("Opening \"" << fname << "\"")
 
-	h=dlopen( fname, RTLD_NOW );
-	if (h==NULL)
+	h = dlopen( fname, RTLD_NOW );
+
+	if (h == NULL)
 	{
 		err = dlerror();
 		LOG_ERROR("error loading library file \"" << fname << "\"" )
 		LOG_ERROR("root cause: \"" << err << "\"")
 	}
+	else {
+		LOG_INFO("dlopen for \"" << fname << "\" succeeded")
+	}
 	
 }
 
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@
 {
 	// close the library if it isn't null
 	if( h!=0 )
-    	dlclose(h);
+		dlclose(h);
 }
 
 
@@ -34,22 +39,33 @@
 {
 	// try extract a symbol from the library
 	// get any error message is there is any
+	LOG_INFO("GetSymbol \"" << sym_name << "\"")
 
 	if( h!=0 )
 	{
+		LOG_INFO("Calling dlsym \"" << sym_name << "\"")
+
 		*v = dlsym( h, sym_name );
-    	err=dlerror();
-	    if( err==0 )
-       	  return true;
-    	else {
-    		*v=0 ;
-    	  return false;
-    	}
+    		err=dlerror();
+		
+		if( err==0 ) {
+			LOG_INFO("Symbol found, initializing plug-in")
+			return true;
+		}
+		else {
+			LOG_ERROR("error getting symbol \"" << sym_name << "\"")
+			LOG_ERROR("root cause: \"" << err << "\"")
+
+			*v=0 ;
+			return false;
+    		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		LOG_ERROR("No handle for dl found")
+
 		*v=0 ;
-        return false;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 }
@@ -65,15 +81,19 @@
 			       const char *factory
 			       ) : DLLManager(fname)
 {
+	LOG_INFO("DLLFactoryBase: init")
 	// try get the factory function if there is no error yet
 
 	factory_func=0;
 
-	if( LastError()==0 )
+	if( LastError() != NULL )
 	{
-    	GetSymbol( (void **)&factory_func, factory ? factory : "factory0" );
+		LOG_INFO("DllFactoryBase: trying to get symbol")
+		GetSymbol( (void **)&factory_func, factory ? factory : "factory0" );
 	}
-
+	else {
+		LOG_ERROR("DLLFactoryBase: error occured")
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/monitord/plugins/dll.h b/monitord/plugins/dll.h
index 04ddabd..f781e5c 100644
--- a/monitord/plugins/dll.h
+++ b/monitord/plugins/dll.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
+#include "../MonitorLogging.h"
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -115,6 +116,8 @@
 		   const char *func_name=0
 		   ) : DLLFactoryBase( fname, func_name )
 	{
+		LOG_INFO("DllFactory entered fname=\"" << fname << "\", func_name=\"" << func_name << "\"" )
+
 		if( factory_func )
 		  factory = (T *)factory_func();
 		else