diff --git a/nameserver/cache.go b/nameserver/cache.go
index 38d1515b..90393f53 100644
--- a/nameserver/cache.go
+++ b/nameserver/cache.go
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ func (e cacheEntry) hasExpired(now time.Time) bool {
 func (e *cacheEntry) setReply(reply *dns.Msg, ttl int, flags uint8, now time.Time) bool {
 	var prevValidUntil time.Time
 	if e.Status == stResolved {
+		if reply != nil {
+			Debug.Printf("[cache msgid %d] replacing response in cache", reply.MsgHdr.Id)
+		}
 		prevValidUntil = e.validUntil
 	}
 
diff --git a/nameserver/server.go b/nameserver/server.go
index 02b33175..f10941d6 100644
--- a/nameserver/server.go
+++ b/nameserver/server.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const (
 	DefaultCacheLen      = 8192               // default cache capacity
 	DefaultResolvWorkers = 8                  // default number of resolution workers
 	DefaultTimeout       = 5                  // default timeout for DNS resolutions
-	DefaultResolvTries   = 3                  // max # of times a worker tries to resolve a query
 )
 
 type DNSServerConfig struct {
@@ -264,7 +263,7 @@ func (s *DNSServer) queryHandler(proto dnsProtocol) dns.HandlerFunc {
 			now = time.Now()
 		}
 
-		Info.Printf("[dns msgid %d] No results for type %s query %s",
+		Info.Printf("[dns msgid %d] No results for type %s query %s [caching no-local]",
 			r.MsgHdr.Id, dns.TypeToString[q.Qtype], q.Name)
 		s.cache.Put(r, nil, negLocalTTL, CacheNoLocalReplies, now)
 		w.WriteMsg(makeDNSFailResponse(r))
@@ -360,8 +359,7 @@ func (s *DNSServer) notUsHandler(proto dnsProtocol) dns.HandlerFunc {
 			w.WriteMsg(reply)
 			return
 		}
-		Warning.Printf("[dns msgid %d] Failed lookup for external name %s",
-			r.MsgHdr.Id, q.Name)
+		Warning.Printf("[dns msgid %d] Failed lookup for external name %s", r.MsgHdr.Id, q.Name)
 		w.WriteMsg(makeDNSFailResponse(r))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/weavedns/main.go b/weavedns/main.go
index 7c239e0c..1b0613b9 100644
--- a/weavedns/main.go
+++ b/weavedns/main.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	InitDefaultLogging(debug)
+	Info.Printf("WeaveDNS version %s\n", version)	// first thing in log: the version
 
 	var zone = new(weavedns.ZoneDb)