diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 34ab6817f481840355584d3035f43bb93b8951d2..69a9b7f966d83c3d42316b6e8238c53a78813135 100755
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -659,12 +659,12 @@ bool MainWindow::addPedestrianGroup(int groupID,QString fileName)
     //try to get a geometry filename
     if(fileName.endsWith(".xml",Qt::CaseInsensitive))
     {
-         //Debug::Messages("Extract geometry file from <xml> trajectories");
+         Debug::Messages("1. Extract geometry file from <%s>", fileName.toStdString().c_str());
          geometry_file=SaxParser::extractGeometryFilename(fileName);
     }
     else
     {
-         //Debug::Messages("Extract geometry file from <txt> trajectories");
+         Debug::Messages("Extract geometry file from <%s>", fileName.toStdString().c_str());
          geometry_file=SaxParser::extractGeometryFilenameTXT(fileName);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/SaxParser.cpp b/src/SaxParser.cpp
index 4411bbe1ba9586ab5b07cbc8547bb9965fc7a6f9..387335c820825848f6790e240bf596996064298f 100644
--- a/src/SaxParser.cpp
+++ b/src/SaxParser.cpp
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ bool SaxParser::ParseTxtFormat(const QString &fileName, SyncData* dataset, doubl
                     qDebug()<<"WARNING: Could not parse geometry file."<<endl;
                }
                else
-                    qDebug()<<"INFO: geometry file: "<<geometry_filename<<endl; //exit(0);
+                    qDebug()<<"INFO: geometry file: "<<geometry_filename.toStdString().c_str()<<endl; //exit(0);
           }
           // 4th line max frame
           line = in.readLine();