diff --git a/moses-cmd/Main.cpp b/moses-cmd/Main.cpp
index 9d54712a6..b17fd7b13 100644
--- a/moses-cmd/Main.cpp
+++ b/moses-cmd/Main.cpp
@@ -590,13 +590,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
       exit(1);
     }
 
-
+std::cerr <<"Before StaticData::LoadDataStatic" << std::endl;
     // initialize all "global" variables, which are stored in StaticData
     // note: this also loads models such as the language model, etc.
     if (!StaticData::LoadDataStatic(&params, argv[0])) {
       exit(1);
     }
+std::cerr <<"After StaticData::LoadDataStatic" << std::endl;
 
+std::cerr <<"Before ShowWeights" << std::endl;
     // setting "-show-weights" -> just dump out weights and exit
     if (params.isParamSpecified("show-weights")) {
       ShowWeights();
diff --git a/moses/StaticData.cpp b/moses/StaticData.cpp
index 0512b7489..71b696fc1 100644
--- a/moses/StaticData.cpp
+++ b/moses/StaticData.cpp
@@ -534,7 +534,19 @@ bool StaticData::LoadData(Parameter *parameter)
   NoCache();
   OverrideFeatures();
 
+std::cerr <<"After StaticData::LoadDataStatic" << std::endl;
+
+std::cerr <<"Before ShowWeights" << std::endl;
+    // setting "-show-weights" -> just dump out weights and exit
+    if (params.isParamSpecified("show-weights")) {
+      MosesCmd::ShowWeights();
+      exit(0);
+    }
+std::cerr <<"After ShowWeights" << std::endl;
+
+std::cerr <<"Before LoadFeatureFunctions" << std::endl;
   LoadFeatureFunctions();
+std::cerr <<"After LoadFeatureFunctions" << std::endl;
 
   if (!LoadDecodeGraphs()) return false;