diff --git a/scripts/eressea/tunnels.lua b/scripts/eressea/tunnels.lua
index 4a787a373..6b7a8e8d1 100644
--- a/scripts/eressea/tunnels.lua
+++ b/scripts/eressea/tunnels.lua
@@ -27,11 +27,21 @@ end
 local function tunnel_action(b, param)
   local units = tunnel_travelers(b)
   local rto = get_target(param)
+  eressea.log.info("Tunnel from " .. tostring(b) .. " [" .. param .. "]")
   if rto and units then
-    eressea.log.debug("Tunnel from " .. tostring(b) .. " [" .. param .. "]")
-    for key, u in pairs(units) do
+    for _, u in pairs(units) do
         u.region = rto
-        eressea.log.debug("teleported " .. tostring(u) .. " to " .. tostring(rto))
+        eressea.log.info("teleported " .. tostring(u) .. " to " .. tostring(rto))
+    end
+  elseif not units then 
+    eressea.log.info("No units in tunnel " .. tostring(b) .. " [" .. param .. "]")
+  elseif not rto then 
+    eressea.log.error("No target for tunnel " .. tostring(b) .. " [" .. param .. "]")
+  end
+  -- debug code to find bugs:
+  for u in b.region.units do
+    if u.building == b then
+        eressea.log.error("Did not teleport " .. tostring(u) .. " from tunnel " .. tostring(b))
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/src/creport.c b/src/creport.c
index 45400f241..0458f7271 100644
--- a/src/creport.c
+++ b/src/creport.c
@@ -848,13 +848,12 @@ void cr_output_unit(stream *out, const faction * f,
 
     pzTmp = get_racename(u->attribs);
     if (pzTmp) {
-        const char *pzRace = LOC(lang, mkname("race", pzTmp));
-        pzTmp = pzRace ? pzRace : pzTmp;
-        stream_printf(out, "\"%s\";Typ\n", translate(pzTmp, LOC(lang, pzTmp)));
+        const char *pzRace = locale_string(lang, mkname("race", pzTmp), false);
+        pzTmp = pzRace ? translate(pzRace, LOC(lang, pzRace)) : pzTmp;
+        stream_printf(out, "\"%s\";Typ\n", pzTmp);
         if (u->faction == f && fval(u_race(u), RCF_SHAPESHIFTANY)) {
             pzRace = rc_name_s(u_race(u), NAME_PLURAL);
-            stream_printf(out, "\"%s\";wahrerTyp\n",
-                translate(pzRace, LOC(lang, pzRace)));
+            stream_printf(out, "\"%s\";wahrerTyp\n", pzTmp);
         }
     }
     else {
diff --git a/src/magic.c b/src/magic.c
index d7b57f24d..fdd74d55e 100644
--- a/src/magic.c
+++ b/src/magic.c
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static void equip_familiar(unit *fam) {
 
     snprintf(eqname, sizeof(eqname), "fam_%s", rc->_name);
     if (!equip_unit(fam, eqname)) {
-        log_info("could not perform initialization for familiar %s.\n", rc->_name);
+        log_debug("could not perform initialization for familiar %s.\n", rc->_name);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6b80c0cb0..4216d3046 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static const char *logfile = "eressea.log";
 static const char *luafile = 0;
 static const char *inifile = "eressea.ini";
 static int memdebug = 0;
-static int verbosity = 1;
+static int verbosity = 2;
 
 static void load_inifile(void)
 {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int verbosity_to_flags(int verbosity) {
 static int parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     int i;
-    int log_stderr, log_flags = 2;
+    int log_stderr, log_flags = 3;
 
     for (i = 1; i != argc; ++i) {
         char *argi = argv[i];
diff --git a/src/reports.c b/src/reports.c
index 4b950b73b..306fe0e10 100644
--- a/src/reports.c
+++ b/src/reports.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ void bufunit(const faction * f, const unit * u, const faction *fv,
 
     pzTmp = get_racename(u->attribs);
     if (pzTmp) {
-        const char *name = LOC(lang, mkname("race", pzTmp));
+        const char *name = locale_string(lang, mkname("race", pzTmp), false);
         sbs_strcat(sbp, name ? name : pzTmp);
         if (u->faction == f && fval(u_race(u), RCF_SHAPESHIFTANY)) {
             sbs_strcat(sbp, " (");