diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index c702b60..26d90d0 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const write = @import("./qtshit/write.zig");
 const initClient = @import("./client.zig").initClient;
 
 pub fn main() !void {
-    const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
+    const allocator = &std.heap.loggingAllocator(std.heap.page_allocator, std.io.getStdErr().writer()).allocator;
 
     var argIter = std.process.args();
     _ = try argIter.next(allocator).?;
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     std.debug.print("host={s} port={d}\n", .{host, portInt});
 
-
     var sock = try std.net.tcpConnectToHost(allocator, host, portInt);
     var client = initClient(allocator, &sock);
     try client.handshake();
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readByte.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readByte.zig
index 2d6c998..0449a7e 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readByte.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readByte.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const std = @import("std");
 pub fn readByte(reader: anytype) !u8 {
+    std.debug.print("read: readByte\n", .{});
     return try reader.readByte();
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readInt.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readInt.zig
index 8ca690f..00eb601 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readInt.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readInt.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 pub fn readInt(reader: anytype) !i32 {
+    std.debug.print("read: readInt\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(i32);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readLong.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readLong.zig
index 5830677..f61b66c 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readLong.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readLong.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 pub fn readLong(reader: anytype) !i64 {
+    std.debug.print("read: readLong\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(i64);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQByteArray.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQByteArray.zig
index 56f8f8b..dc09ba8 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQByteArray.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQByteArray.zig
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const readUInt = @import("./readUInt.zig").readUInt;
-const readByte = @import("./readByte.zig").readByte;
 
 pub fn readQByteArray(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
     var length = try readUInt(reader);
+    std.debug.print("read: readQByteArray length={d} \n", .{length});
 
     var byteList = try allocator.alloc(u8, @intCast(usize, length));
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn readQByteArray(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
     while (true) {
         if (index == length) return byteList;
 
-        const byte = try readByte(reader);
+        const byte = try reader.readByte();
         byteList[index] = byte;
         index += 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQStringList.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQStringList.zig
index c6dae08..e93e008 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQStringList.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQStringList.zig
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const readString = @import("./readString.zig").readString;
 
 pub fn readQStringList(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![][]const u8 {
     var length = try readUInt(reader);
+    std.debug.print("read: readQStringList length={d} \n", .{length});
+
     var stringList = try allocator.alloc([]const u8, @intCast(usize, length));
 
     var iter = range(u32, 0, length);
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig
index 1124a81..2997135 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariant.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
 
 pub fn readQVariant(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !QVariant {
     var type_id = try readUInt(reader);
+    std.debug.print("read: readQVariant type_id={d}\n", .{type_id});
+
     _ = try readByte(reader);
     return try readQVariantT(reader, type_id, allocator);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig
index d29a716..a699791 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantList.zig
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ const readQVariant = @import("./readQVariant.zig").readQVariant;
 const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
 
 
-pub fn readQVariantList(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]QVariant {
+pub fn readQVariantList(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]QVariant { 
     var length = try readUInt(reader);
+    std.debug.print("read: readQVariantList length={d}\n", .{length});
+
     var variantList = try allocator.alloc(QVariant, @intCast(usize, length));
 
     var iter = range(u32, 0, length);
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig
index 4281951..6c1a998 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readQVariantMap.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const QVariant = @import("../types/QVariant.zig").QVariant;
 pub fn readQVariantMap(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !std.StringHashMap(QVariant) {
     var map = std.StringHashMap(QVariant).init(allocator);
     var numItems = try readUInt(reader);
+    std.debug.print("read: readQVariantMap length={d} \n", .{numItems});
+
 
     var iter = range(u32, 0, numItems);
     while (iter.next()) |i| {
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig
index 03df0f6..535793f 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readShort.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 pub fn readShort(reader: anytype) !u16 {
+    std.debug.print("read: readShort\n", .{});
+
     return try reader.readIntBig(u16);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig
index 4085455..8bd188e 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readSignedByte.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 pub fn readSignedByte(reader: anytype) !i8 {
+    std.debug.print("read: readSignedByte\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(i8);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig
index a06d953..ef39d07 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readString.zig
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ pub fn readString(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
 
     var length = try readInt(reader);
     var chars = @divTrunc(length, 2);
+    std.debug.print("read: readString length={d} \n", .{length});
 
     var index: usize = 0;
     while (true) {
         if (index == chars) break;
 
-        const byte = try readShort(reader);
+        const byte = try reader.readIntBig(u16);
         try data.append(@truncate(u8, byte));
         index += 1;
     }
@@ -23,5 +24,7 @@ pub fn readString(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
         ut8Str[i] = char;
     }
 
+    std.debug.print("string: {s}\n", .{ut8Str});
+
     return ut8Str;
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig b/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig
index 033d3cc..108afbb 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/readUInt.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
 pub fn readUInt(reader: anytype) !u32 {
+    std.debug.print("read: readUInt\n", .{});
     return try reader.readIntBig(u32);
 }
diff --git a/src/qtshit/read/usertypes/readUserType.zig b/src/qtshit/read/usertypes/readUserType.zig
index b11b219..6b4473f 100644
--- a/src/qtshit/read/usertypes/readUserType.zig
+++ b/src/qtshit/read/usertypes/readUserType.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const readQVariantMap = @import("../readQVariantMap.zig").readQVariantMap;
 pub fn readUserType(reader: anytype, allocator: *std.mem.Allocator) !UserType {
     var userTypeName = try readQByteArray(reader, allocator);
     userTypeName = userTypeName[0 .. userTypeName.len - 1];
+    std.debug.print("read: readUserType name={s} \n", .{userTypeName});
 
     if (std.mem.eql(u8, userTypeName, "BufferId")) {
         return UserType{