diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index 9c03e89b..c9ee33da 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
                     nickname,domain,content, \
                     mentionedRecipients, \
                     hashtagsDict)
+    print('Content tagging stage 1: '+content)
     
     statusNumber,published = getStatusNumber()
     postTo='https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public'
@@ -501,7 +502,9 @@ def createPostBase(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, port: int, \
             tags.append(tag)
             if isPublic:
                 updateHashtagsIndex(baseDir,tag,newPostId)
+        print('Content tags: '+str(tags))
         content=replaceEmojiFromTags(content,tags,'content')
+        print('Content tagging stage 2: '+content)
                 
     if not clientToServer:
         actorUrl=httpPrefix+'://'+domain+'/users/'+nickname
diff --git a/webinterface.py b/webinterface.py
index 0cef7105..88d07180 100644
--- a/webinterface.py
+++ b/webinterface.py
@@ -1599,18 +1599,22 @@ def addEmojiToDisplayName(baseDir: str,httpPrefix: str, \
     if ':' in displayName:
         displayName=displayName.replace('<p>','').replace('</p>','')
         emojiTags={}
+        print('TAG: displayName before tags: '+displayName)
         displayName= \
             addHtmlTags(baseDir,httpPrefix, \
                         nickname,domain,displayName,[],emojiTags)
         displayName=displayName.replace('<p>','').replace('</p>','')
+        print('TAG: displayName after tags: '+displayName)
         # convert the emoji dictionary to a list
         emojiTagsList=[]
         for tagName,tag in emojiTags.items():
             emojiTagsList.append(tag)
+        print('TAG: emoji tags list: '+str(emojiTagsList))
         if not inProfileName:
             displayName=replaceEmojiFromTags(displayName,emojiTagsList,'post header')
         else:
             displayName=replaceEmojiFromTags(displayName,emojiTagsList,'profile')            
+        print('TAG: displayName after tag replacements: '+displayName)
     return displayName
 
 def individualPostAsHtml(iconsDir: str,translate: {}, \