diff --git a/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go b/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
index 0e0dfdecd..2e4fe16cc 100644
--- a/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/federationsender/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) Start() error {
 // because updates it will likely fail with a types.EventIDMismatchError when it
 // realises that it cannot update the room state using the deltas.
 func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) onMessage(msg *sarama.ConsumerMessage) error {
+	fmt.Println("--------")
+	fmt.Println("RECEIVED:")
+	fmt.Println(string(msg.Value))
+	fmt.Println("--------")
+
 	// Parse out the event JSON
 	var output api.OutputEvent
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.Value, &output); err != nil {