diff --git a/hardware_simulation/UDPClient.hpp b/hardware_simulation/UDPClient.hpp
index f4f9fc3..4484962 100644
--- a/hardware_simulation/UDPClient.hpp
+++ b/hardware_simulation/UDPClient.hpp
@@ -136,9 +136,12 @@ class UDPClient {
         local_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
         local_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
         local_addr.sin_port = htons(SIM_LOCAL_PORT);
+ 
+        std::cout << "Attempting local bind on port " << std::to_string(SIM_LOCAL_PORT) << std::endl;
 
         if (bind(socket_fd, (struct sockaddr*)&local_addr, sizeof(local_addr)) == -1) {
-            std::cerr << "Bind failed" << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "Bind failed on port " << std::to_string(SIM_LOCAL_PORT) << std::endl;
+
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -219,4 +222,4 @@ class UDPClient {
 
     UDPClient(const UDPClient&) = delete;
     UDPClient& operator=(const UDPClient&) = delete;
-};
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+};