diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_internal.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_internal.rs
index 5dfc7cbf690d1..ffc6029eef439 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_internal.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/include/aptosdb_internal.rs
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@ impl AptosDB {
             Arc::clone(&state_merkle_db),
             pruner_config.state_merkle_pruner_config,
         );
+        println!("new indexer");
         let epoch_snapshot_pruner = StateMerklePrunerManager::new(
             Arc::clone(&state_merkle_db),
             pruner_config.epoch_snapshot_pruner_config.into(),
         );
         let state_kv_pruner =
             StateKvPrunerManager::new(Arc::clone(&state_kv_db), pruner_config.ledger_pruner_config);
+        println!("new state store");
+        
         let state_store = Arc::new(StateStore::new(
             Arc::clone(&ledger_db),
             Arc::clone(&state_merkle_db),
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ impl AptosDB {
             empty_buffered_state_for_restore,
             skip_index_and_usage,
         ));
-
+        println!("new ledger pruner");
         let ledger_pruner =
             LedgerPrunerManager::new(Arc::clone(&ledger_db), pruner_config.ledger_pruner_config);
 
@@ -75,14 +78,14 @@ impl AptosDB {
             pruner_config.eq(&NO_OP_STORAGE_PRUNER_CONFIG) || !readonly,
             "Do not set prune_window when opening readonly.",
         );
-
+        println!("open_internal");
         let (ledger_db, state_merkle_db, state_kv_db) = Self::open_dbs(
             db_paths,
             rocksdb_configs,
             readonly,
             max_num_nodes_per_lru_cache_shard,
         )?;
-
+        println!("open_internal 2");
         let mut myself = Self::new_with_dbs(
             ledger_db,
             state_merkle_db,
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ impl AptosDB {
         );
 
         if !readonly && enable_indexer {
+            println!("open_internal 3");
             myself.open_indexer(
                 db_paths.default_root_path(),
                 rocksdb_configs.index_db_config,
@@ -109,8 +113,11 @@ impl AptosDB {
         db_root_path: impl AsRef<Path>,
         rocksdb_config: RocksdbConfig,
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        println!("open_indexer");
         let indexer = Indexer::open(&db_root_path, rocksdb_config)?;
+        println!("open_indexer 2");
         let ledger_next_version = self.get_synced_version().map_or(0, |v| v + 1);
+        println!("open_indexer 3");
         info!(
             indexer_next_version = indexer.next_version(),
             ledger_next_version = ledger_next_version,
@@ -123,12 +130,14 @@ impl AptosDB {
 
             let state_view = db.state_view_at_version(Some(ledger_next_version - 1))?;
             let annotator = AptosValueAnnotator::new(&state_view);
-
+            println!("open_indexer 6, annotator");
             const BATCH_SIZE: Version = 10000;
             let mut next_version = indexer.next_version();
             while next_version < ledger_next_version {
+                println!("open_indexer 4, next_version: {}, ledger_next_version: {}", next_version, ledger_next_version);
                 info!(next_version = next_version, "AptosDB Indexer catching up. ",);
                 let end_version = std::cmp::min(ledger_next_version, next_version + BATCH_SIZE);
+                println!("open_indexer 5, end_version: {}", end_version);
                 let write_sets = self
                     .ledger_db
                     .write_set_db()
@@ -138,9 +147,11 @@ impl AptosDB {
 
                 next_version = end_version;
             }
+            println!("open_indexer 7, indexer");
         }
+        println!("open_indexer 8, indexer");
         info!("AptosDB Indexer caught up.");
-
+        println!("open_indexer 9, indexer");
         self.indexer = Some(indexer);
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/mod.rs b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/mod.rs
index 0ca007e984f19..8d36ee7573b74 100644
--- a/storage/aptosdb/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/storage/aptosdb/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -163,20 +163,23 @@ impl AptosDB {
         readonly: bool,
         max_num_nodes_per_lru_cache_shard: usize,
     ) -> Result<(LedgerDb, StateMerkleDb, StateKvDb)> {
+        println!("open_dbs");
         let ledger_db = LedgerDb::new(db_paths.ledger_db_root_path(), rocksdb_configs, readonly)?;
+        println!("open_dbs 2");
         let state_kv_db = StateKvDb::new(
             db_paths,
             rocksdb_configs,
             readonly,
             ledger_db.metadata_db_arc(),
         )?;
+        println!("open_dbs 3");
         let state_merkle_db = StateMerkleDb::new(
             db_paths,
             rocksdb_configs,
             readonly,
             max_num_nodes_per_lru_cache_shard,
         )?;
-
+        println!("open_dbs 4");
         Ok((ledger_db, state_merkle_db, state_kv_db))
     }