diff --git a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
index ff411ac2e..6373e0d3c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/rsserver/rsinit.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #	include <QString> // for QString::fromStdString(...)
 #endif
 
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+
 #include "util/argstream.h"
 #include "util/rsdebug.h"
 #include "util/rsdir.h"
@@ -1960,6 +1962,9 @@ bool RsInit::startAutoTor()
             std::cerr << "(EE) Tor hidden service cannot be started: " << error_msg << std::endl;
             return false;
         }
+        // process Qt event loop to deal with messages of online/offline info
+
+        QCoreApplication::processEvents();
     }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tor/TorManager.cpp b/libretroshare/src/tor/TorManager.cpp
index f21c12709..fc81d943e 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tor/TorManager.cpp
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tor/TorManager.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ bool TorManager::start()
             emit configurationNeededChanged();
         }
 
+        std::cerr << "Starting Tor process:" << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  Tor executable path: " << executable.toStdString() << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  Tor data directory : " << d->dataDir.toStdString() << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  Tor default torrc  : " << defaultTorrc.toStdString() << std::endl;
+
         d->process->setExecutable(executable);
         d->process->setDataDir(d->dataDir);
         d->process->setDefaultTorrc(defaultTorrc);