diff --git a/src/server/mysql.c b/src/server/mysql.c
--- a/src/server/mysql.c
+++ b/src/server/mysql.c
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ int mysqlConnect(distrend_mysql_conn_t *
   char *database = "distren";
 
   mysqlconn = mysql_init(NULL);
-  mysql_options(mysqlconn, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT,"true");
 
   if(!mysql_real_connect(mysqlconn, server, user, password, database, 0, NULL, CLIENT_MULTI_STATEMENTS))
     {
@@ -99,6 +98,9 @@ int mysqlConnect(distrend_mysql_conn_t *
       return 1;
     }
 
+  mysql_options(mysqlconn, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT,"true"); // After mysql_real_connect due to bug fixed in MySQL 5.1.6 and later
+
+
   *conn = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_mysql_conn));
   if(!*conn)
     {
@@ -146,13 +148,19 @@ distrend_mysql_result_t mysqlQuery(distr
 
   /** make sure that connection is still alive
    */
+  
   if(mysql_ping(conn->mysqlconn))
     fprintf(stderr, "MySQL Connection _was_ broken or may be broken, I'm not sure exactly what this return value means\n");
 
+
+  fprintf(stderr,"Querying... ");
   if (mysql_query(conn->mysqlconn, query))
      fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", mysql_error(conn->mysqlconn));
+  fprintf(stderr,"Queried!\n");
 
+  fprintf(stderr,"Getting results... ");
   result = mysql_use_result(conn->mysqlconn);
+  fprintf(stderr,"Done!\n");
 
   distrenresult = malloc(sizeof(struct distrend_mysql_result));
   if(!distrenresult)