diff --git a/greetd/src/session/worker.rs b/greetd/src/session/worker.rs
index eec682b..4cf4b60 100644
--- a/greetd/src/session/worker.rs
+++ b/greetd/src/session/worker.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{env, ffi::CString, os::unix::net::UnixDatagram};
+use std::{env, ffi::CString, io::Write as _, os::unix::net::UnixDatagram};
 
 use nix::{
     sys::wait::waitpid,
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ fn worker(sock: &UnixDatagram) -> Result<(), Error> {
             msg => return Err(format!("expected InitiateLogin or Cancel, got: {:?}", msg).into()),
         };
 
+    println!("worker fn start (stdout)");
+    eprintln!("worker fn start (stderr)");
+    std::io::stdout().flush();
+    std::io::stderr().flush();
+
     let conv = Box::pin(SessionConv::new(sock));
     let mut pam = PamSession::start(service, user, conv)?;
 
@@ -242,6 +247,11 @@ fn worker(sock: &UnixDatagram) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let pamenvlist = pam.getenvlist()?;
     let envvec = pamenvlist.to_vec();
 
+    println!("about to fork (stdout)");
+    eprintln!("about to fork (stderr)");
+    std::io::stdout().flush();
+    std::io::stderr().flush();
+
     // PAM is weird and gets upset if you exec from the process that opened
     // the session, registering it automatically as a log-out. Thus, we must
     // exec in a new child.
@@ -252,6 +262,11 @@ fn worker(sock: &UnixDatagram) -> Result<(), Error> {
             // accidentally using '?'. The process *must* exit from within
             // this match arm.
 
+            println!("entered fork (stdout)");
+            eprintln!("entered fork (stderr)");
+            std::io::stdout().flush();
+            std::io::stderr().flush();
+
             // Drop privileges to target user
             initgroups(&cusername, user.gid).expect("unable to init groups");
             setgid(user.gid).expect("unable to set GID");
@@ -264,8 +279,19 @@ fn worker(sock: &UnixDatagram) -> Result<(), Error> {
             // Change working directory
             if let Err(e) = env::set_current_dir(user.dir) {
                 eprintln!("unable to set working directory: {}", e);
+                std::io::stderr().flush();
             }
 
+            if let Err(e) = pam.end() {
+                eprintln!("pam.end failed: {}", e);
+                std::io::stderr().flush();
+            }
+
+            println!("called pam.end (stdout)");
+            eprintln!("called pam.end (stderr)");
+            std::io::stdout().flush();
+            std::io::stderr().flush();
+
             // Run
             let cpath = CString::new("/bin/sh").unwrap();
             execve(
@@ -310,7 +336,6 @@ fn worker(sock: &UnixDatagram) -> Result<(), Error> {
     // inner-most child.
     pam.close_session(PamFlag::NONE)?;
     pam.setcred(PamFlag::DELETE_CRED)?;
-    pam.end()?;
 
     Ok(())
 }