diff --git a/src/corelib/render.c b/src/corelib/render.c
index 80e9e40..39539d9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/render.c
+++ b/src/corelib/render.c
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ float _render_width=0, _render_height=0;
 
 view_t g_active_view = DEFAULT_VIEW;
 
+int d_debug_next_frame = 0;
+
 void screen_to_view(float *x, float *y) {
 	float xx = *x, yy = *y;
 
@@ -119,8 +121,12 @@ drawcmd_delegate const drawcmd_funcs[] = {
 	&exec_rect_cmd
 };
 void exec_buffer() {
+	if(d_debug_next_frame) printf("debug capture of draw buffer\ncount: %zu\n", (size_t)(g_drawdata_endptr - g_drawdata));
 	for(const drawcmd_t* cmd = g_drawdata; cmd != g_drawdata_endptr; ++cmd) {
 		if(cmd->type > DRAWCMDTYPE_MIN && cmd->type < DRAWCMDTYPE_MAX) {
+			if(d_debug_next_frame) {
+				printf("depth: %d, type: %d\n", cmd->depth, cmd->type);
+			}
 			drawcmd_funcs[cmd->type](cmd);
 		}
 	}