diff --git a/lib/remote.js b/lib/remote.js
index 940a047..fb31c27 100644
--- a/lib/remote.js
+++ b/lib/remote.js
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ function _connect(state) {
     }
 
   , onconnection: function (tun) {
+      console.log("[debug] got connection event");
       var cid = tun._id = Packer.addrToId(tun);
 
       // this data should have been gathered already as part of the proxy protocol
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ function _connect(state) {
       handled = clientHandlers.write(cid, tun);
 
       // quasi backwards compat
-      if (!handled) { clientHandlers.onconnection(tun); }
+      if (!handled) { console.log("[debug] did not get connection event"); packerHandlers.onconnection(tun); }
     }
 
   , onpause: function (opts) {