diff --git a/api_webchat/controller.js b/api_webchat/controller.js
index d1a4f674..09bb761d 100644
--- a/api_webchat/controller.js
+++ b/api_webchat/controller.js
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ switch (llm) {
         messageInput.setModel(prefs_api.ollama_model);
         messagesArea.setLLMName("Ollama Local");
         worker.postMessage({ type: 'init', ollama_host: prefs_api.ollama_host, ollama_model: prefs_api.ollama_model, i18nStrings: i18nStrings});
-        messagesArea.appendUserMessage(browser.i18n.getMessage("ollama_api_connecting") + " \"" + prefs_api.ollama_host + "\" " +browser.i18n.getMessage("AndModel") + " \"" + prefs_api.ollama_model + "\"...", "info");
+        console.log("(>>>>>> [ThunderAI] Ollama init done.");
+        try{
+            messagesArea.appendUserMessage(browser.i18n.getMessage("ollama_api_connecting") + " \"" + prefs_api.ollama_host + "\" " +browser.i18n.getMessage("AndModel") + " \"" + prefs_api.ollama_model + "\"...", "info");
+        }catch(e){
+            console.error(">>>>>> [ThunderAI] messagesArea.appendUserMessage failed: " + JSON.stringify(e));
+        }
+        console.log(">>>>>> [ThunderAI] messagesArea.appendUserMessage done.");
         break;
     }
     case "openai_comp_api": {
diff --git a/api_webchat/messagesArea.js b/api_webchat/messagesArea.js
index f2257f24..d22caa31 100644
--- a/api_webchat/messagesArea.js
+++ b/api_webchat/messagesArea.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
 
     appendUserMessage(messageText, type="user") {
         this.fullTextHTML = "";
-        // console.log("[ThunderAI] appendUserMessage: " + messageText);
+        console.log(">>>>>> [ThunderAI] appendUserMessage: " + messageText);
         const header = document.createElement('h2');
         let source = "You";
         switch (type) {
@@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
         messageElement.classList.add('message', type);
         messageElement.textContent = messageText;
         this.messages.appendChild(messageElement);
+        console.log(">>>>>> [ThunderAI] appendUserMessage done.");
         this.scrollToBottom();
     }
 
     appendBotMessage(messageText, type="bot") {
-        // console.log("[ThunderAI] appendBotMessage: " + messageText);
+        console.log("(>>>>>> [ThunderAI] appendBotMessage: " + messageText);
 
         this.fullTextHTML = messageText;
 
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ class MessagesArea extends HTMLElement {
         messageElement.classList.add('message', type);
         messageElement.textContent = messageText;
         this.messages.appendChild(messageElement);
+        console.log("(>>>>>> [ThunderAI] appendBotMessage done.");
         this.scrollToBottom();
     }