diff --git a/datastore/sharedds.nim b/datastore/sharedds.nim
index 83504ce..eb4eeea 100644
--- a/datastore/sharedds.nim
+++ b/datastore/sharedds.nim
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ proc newSharedDataStore*(
   res[].signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
     return failure newException(DatastoreError, "error creating signal")
 
+  echo "\nnewDataStore: threadId:", getThreadId()
   res.createThreadDatastore(backend)
   await wait(res[].signal)
   res[].signal.close()
diff --git a/datastore/threadbackend.nim b/datastore/threadbackend.nim
index 96f7229..acc36c5 100644
--- a/datastore/threadbackend.nim
+++ b/datastore/threadbackend.nim
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ proc startupDatastore(
     count: TestPtr,
 ) {.raises: [].} =
   ## starts up a FS instance on a give thread
-  echo "\n\nstartupDatastore: ret:\n", ret.repr
+  echo "\n"
+  echo "\nstartupDatastore: threadId:", getThreadId()
+  echo "\nstartupDatastore: ret:\n", ret.repr
 
   echo "\nstartupDatastore: backend:\n", backend.repr
   echo "\nstartupDatastore: count:\n", count.repr