diff --git a/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp b/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp
index 255a92d8..a4136a6d 100644
--- a/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp
+++ b/kernel/src/sys/stdio.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ void sys_open(Context* context, const char* filename, int flags)
         context->rax = -ENOENT;
         return;
     }
+    kdbgln("open(): opening %s, allocated file descriptor %d", filename, fd);
     current_task->files[fd].open(node,
                                  (bool)flags); // FIXME: Implement more flags. (right now, 1 is can_read, 0 is not)
     context->rax = fd;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ void sys_close(Context* context, int fd)
         context->rax = -EBADF;
         return;
     }
+    kdbgln("close(): releasing file descriptor %d", fd);
     current_task->files[fd].close();
     context->rax = 0;
     return;