diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c
index 837f1c8d1..64549b985 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ typedef struct _AndDictionaryCtxt {
     off_t bytesSize;
     jbyte* bytes;
     jbyteArray byteArray;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    uint32_t dbgid;
+#endif
 } AndDictionaryCtxt;
 
 #define CHECK_PTR(p,c,e)                                                \
@@ -487,6 +490,7 @@ static void
 and_dictionary_destroy( DictionaryCtxt* dict )
 {
     AndDictionaryCtxt* ctxt = (AndDictionaryCtxt*)dict;
+    XP_LOGF( "%s(dict=%p); code=%x", __func__, ctxt, ctxt->dbgid );
     XP_U16 nSpecials = andCountSpecials( ctxt );
     XP_U16 ii;
     JNIEnv* env = ctxt->env;
@@ -553,6 +557,9 @@ and_dictionary_make_empty( MPFORMAL JNIEnv* env, JNIUtilCtxt* jniutil )
         = (AndDictionaryCtxt*)XP_CALLOC( mpool, sizeof( *anddict ) );
     anddict->env = env;
     anddict->jniutil = jniutil;
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    anddict->dbgid = rand();
+#endif
     dict_super_init( (DictionaryCtxt*)anddict );
     MPASSIGN( anddict->super.mpool, mpool );
     return (DictionaryCtxt*)anddict;
@@ -635,6 +642,8 @@ makeDict( MPFORMAL JNIEnv *env, JNIUtilCtxt* jniutil, jstring jname,
 
         /* copy the name */
         anddict->super.name = getStringCopy( MPPARM(mpool) env, jname );
+        XP_LOGF( "%s(dict=%p); code=%x; name=%s", __func__, anddict, 
+                 anddict->dbgid, anddict->super.name );
         anddict->super.langName = getStringCopy( MPPARM(mpool) env, jlangname );
 
         XP_U32 numEdges;
@@ -664,3 +673,12 @@ destroyDicts( PlayerDicts* dicts )
         }
     }
 }
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+uint32_t
+andDictID( DictionaryCtxt* dict )
+{
+    AndDictionaryCtxt* ctxt = (AndDictionaryCtxt*)dict;
+    return ctxt->dbgid;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.h b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.h
index 4f20b894b..ce7a2c031 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.h
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/anddict.h
@@ -44,4 +44,8 @@ DictionaryCtxt* and_dictionary_make_empty( MPFORMAL JNIEnv *env,
 
 jobject and_dictionary_getChars( JNIEnv* env, DictionaryCtxt* dict );
 
+# ifdef DEBUG
+uint32_t andDictID(DictionaryCtxt* dict);
+# endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/drawwrapper.c b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/drawwrapper.c
index 96beb982d..8eddd7c5e 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/drawwrapper.c
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/jni/drawwrapper.c
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ static void
 and_draw_dictChanged( DrawCtx* dctx, XP_S16 playerNum, 
                       const DictionaryCtxt* dict )
 {
+    XP_LOGF( "%s(dict=%p); code=%x", __func__, dict, andDictID(dict) );
     AndDraw* draw = (AndDraw*)dctx;
     if ( NULL != draw->jdraw ) {
         XP_LangCode code = 0;   /* A null dict means no-lang */