diff --git a/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp b/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp
index 12de969c4..c4636be63 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssarticle.cpp
@@ -240,8 +240,10 @@ RssArticlePtr xmlToRssArticle(RssFeed* parent, QXmlStreamReader& xml)
       author = xml.readElementText();
     else if (xml.name() == "guid")
       guid = xml.readElementText();
-    else
+    else {
+      qDebug() << "Skipping item tag: " << xml.name();
       xml.skipCurrentElement();
+    }
   }
 
   if (guid.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
index 06a43409c..df83cb716 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ void RssFeed::parseRSSChannel(QXmlStreamReader& xml)
     }
     else if (xml.name() == "item") {
       RssArticlePtr article = xmlToRssArticle(this, xml);
+      qDebug() << "Found RSS Item, valid: " << (article ? "True" : "False");
       if (article) {
         QString guid = article->guid();
         if (m_articles.contains(guid) && m_articles[guid]->isRead())