diff --git a/util/pythonBridge.js b/util/pythonBridge.js
index ff84344..5317f6e 100644
--- a/util/pythonBridge.js
+++ b/util/pythonBridge.js
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ module.exports = {
                     updateStatus(`Starting bridge process; this may take a bit (${currentStep}/${steps})...`)
 
                     module.exports.bridgeProc = child_process.execFile(bridgepath, {
+                        env: { ...process.env,
+                            PYBRIDGE_HEADER: `true`,
+                        },
                         maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 1024, // 1GB
                     });
         
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ module.exports = {
                     }
 
                     module.exports.bridgeProc.stderr.on(`data`, d => parseLog(d, `ERR`));
+                    module.exports.bridgeProc.stdout.on(`data`, d => parseLog(d, `OUT`));
 
                     let existingData = ``;
 
@@ -205,15 +209,18 @@ module.exports = {
 
                         if(!data.includes(`\n\r`)) {
                             existingData += data;
+                            console.log(`existingData (appended): ${existingData.length}`)
                             return;
                         } else {
                             if(existingData) {
                                 data = existingData + data;
+                                console.log(`existingData (reset): ${data.length}`)
                                 existingData = ``;
-                            }
+                            } else console.log(`existingData (nothing; no reset): ${data.length}`)
 
                             const parse = (msg) => {
                                 const data = JSON.parse(msg.toString().trim());
+                                console.log(`bridge data for id ${data.id} (exists: ${module.exports.idHooks.find(h => h.id == data.id) ? `yes` : `no`}): [${data.type}] ${data.content.length}`);
                                 if(data.id) {
                                     module.exports.idHooks.filter(h => h.id == data.id).forEach(h => h.func(data));
                                 };