diff --git a/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc b/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc
index d66b78a..b61f034 100644
--- a/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc
+++ b/ns3/sync-ccnx-wrapper.cc
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   CcnxInterestHeader interestHeader;
   interestHeader.SetNonce            (m_rand.GetValue ());
   interestHeader.SetName             (name);
-  interestHeader.SetInterestLifetime (Seconds (60.0));
+  interestHeader.SetInterestLifetime (Seconds (10000.0)); // really long-lived interests
 
   Ptr<Packet> packet = Create<Packet> ();
   packet->AddPacketTag (CreateObject<TypeTag> (TypeTag::INTEREST));
diff --git a/ns3/sync-scheduler.cc b/ns3/sync-scheduler.cc
index 7f39f38..95e4bf8 100644
--- a/ns3/sync-scheduler.cc
+++ b/ns3/sync-scheduler.cc
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 void
 Scheduler::schedule (const TimeDuration &reltime, Event event, uint32_t label)
 {
+  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Schedule event for " << (Simulator::Now () +reltime).ToDouble (Time::S) << "s for label " << label);
+  
   list< EventId > &eventsForLabel = m_labeledEvents [label];
   list< EventId >::iterator i = eventsForLabel.begin ();
   while (i != eventsForLabel.end ())
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@
 Scheduler::cancel (uint32_t label)
 {
   list< EventId > &eventsForLabel = m_labeledEvents [label];
+  NS_LOG_DEBUG ("Canceling events for label " << label << " (" << eventsForLabel.size () << " events)");
 
   for (list< EventId >::iterator i = eventsForLabel.begin ();
        i != eventsForLabel.end ();