diff --git a/app/models/photo.rb b/app/models/photo.rb
index 5a5dd1c90..8521c5597 100644
--- a/app/models/photo.rb
+++ b/app/models/photo.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Photo < Post
   include MongoMapper::Document
   mount_uploader :image, ImageUploader
   
-  xml_reader :remote_photo
+  xml_accessor :remote_photo
   xml_reader :album_id 
 
   key :album_id, ObjectId
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ class Photo < Post
   end
 
   def remote_photo
-    User.owner.url.chop + image.url
+    @remote_photo ||= User.owner.url.chop + image.url
   end
 
   def remote_photo= remote_path
+    @remote_photo = remote_path
     image.download! remote_path
     image.store!
   end
diff --git a/lib/common.rb b/lib/common.rb
index c457258e4..461f050f7 100644
--- a/lib/common.rb
+++ b/lib/common.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module Diaspora
           User.owner.receive_friend_request(p)
         #This line checks if the sender was in the database, among other things?
         elsif p.respond_to?(:person) && !(p.person.nil?) && !(p.person.is_a? User) #WTF
-          p.save 
+          Rails.logger.info("Saving object with success: #{p.save}")
         end
         #p.save if p.respond_to?(:person) && !(p.person == nil) #WTF
       end
diff --git a/lib/encryptable.rb b/lib/encryptable.rb
index cc5682f95..7cbbfe764 100644
--- a/lib/encryptable.rb
+++ b/lib/encryptable.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     def verify_signature(signature, person)
       return false unless signature && person.key_fingerprint
       validity = nil
+      Rails.logger.info("Verifying sig on #{signable_string} from person #{person.real_name}")
       GPGME::verify(signature, signable_string, 
         {:armor => true, :always_trust => true}){ |signature_analysis|
         puts signature_analysis
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     end
 
     def sign_with_key(key)
+      Rails.logger.info("Signing #{signable_string} with key for person #{self.person.real_name}")
       GPGME::sign(signable_string,nil,
           {:armor=> true, :mode => GPGME::SIG_MODE_DETACH, :signers => [key]})
     end