diff --git a/saphyr/examples/dump_events.rs b/saphyr/examples/dump_events.rs
index 49c564c..452eb69 100644
--- a/saphyr/examples/dump_events.rs
+++ b/saphyr/examples/dump_events.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct EventSink {
 
 impl MarkedEventReceiver for EventSink {
     fn on_event(&mut self, ev: Event, mark: Marker) {
-        eprintln!("    \x1B[;34m\u{21B3} {:?}\x1B[;m", &ev);
+        eprintln!("      \x1B[;34m\u{21B3} {:?}\x1B[;m", &ev);
         self.events.push((ev, mark));
     }
 }
diff --git a/saphyr/src/parser.rs b/saphyr/src/parser.rs
index a6f80a4..41dc8b0 100644
--- a/saphyr/src/parser.rs
+++ b/saphyr/src/parser.rs
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ impl<T: Iterator<Item = char>> Parser<T> {
     fn state_machine(&mut self) -> ParseResult {
         // let next_tok = self.peek_token().cloned()?;
         // println!("cur_state {:?}, next tok: {:?}", self.state, next_tok);
+        if std::env::var("YAMLRUST_DEBUG").is_ok() {
+            eprintln!("\n\x1B[;33mParser state: {:?} \x1B[;0m", self.state);
+        }
         match self.state {
             State::StreamStart => self.stream_start(),
 
diff --git a/saphyr/src/scanner.rs b/saphyr/src/scanner.rs
index ce3ed86..a155108 100644
--- a/saphyr/src/scanner.rs
+++ b/saphyr/src/scanner.rs
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ impl<T: Iterator<Item = char>> Iterator for Scanner<T> {
         match self.next_token() {
             Ok(Some(tok)) => {
                 if std::env::var("YAMLRUST_DEBUG").is_ok() {
-                    eprintln!("\x1B[;32m{:?} \x1B[;36m{:?}\x1B[;m", tok.1, tok.0);
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "    \x1B[;32m\u{21B3} {:?} \x1B[;36m{:?}\x1B[;m",
+                        tok.1, tok.0
+                    );
                 }
                 Some(tok)
             }
@@ -551,7 +554,14 @@ impl<T: Iterator<Item = char>> Scanner<T> {
             return Ok(());
         }
         self.skip_to_next_token()?;
-        // eprintln!("--> fetch_next_token wo ws {:?} {:?}", self.mark, self.ch());
+
+        if std::env::var("YAMLRUST_DEBUG").is_ok() {
+            eprintln!(
+                "  \x1B[38;5;244m\u{2192} fetch_next_token after whitespace {:?} {:?}\x1B[m",
+                self.mark,
+                self.ch()
+            );
+        }
 
         self.stale_simple_keys()?;