diff --git a/lib/corereqs.js b/lib/corereqs.js
index 9d80f4c..d207cf5 100644
--- a/lib/corereqs.js
+++ b/lib/corereqs.js
@@ -775,7 +775,8 @@ var templates = {
 
           // TODO: move code to calculate reqLength and use BigReq if needed outside of corereq.js
           // NOTE: big req is used here (first 'L' in format, 0 and +1 in params), won't work if not enabled
-          return [ 'CCSLLLSSssCCxxaa', [72, format, 0, 1+reqLen, drawable, gc, width, height, dstX, dstY, leftPad, depth, data, pad]];
+          return [ 'CCSLLSSssCCxxaa', [72, format, 0, 1+reqLen, drawable, gc, width, height, dstX, dstY, leftPad, depth, data, pad]];
+          // return [ 'CCSLLLSSssCCxxaa', [72, format, 0, 1+reqLen, drawable, gc, width, height, dstX, dstY, leftPad, depth, data, pad]];
       }
    ],
 
diff --git a/lib/xcore.js b/lib/xcore.js
index 97e3fdd..6ccfefe 100644
--- a/lib/xcore.js
+++ b/lib/xcore.js
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ module.exports.createClient = function(options, initCb)
         client.on('connect', function(display) {
             // opt-in BigReq
             if (!options.disableBigRequests) {
+                console.log('Enable Big Requests')
                 client.require('big-requests', function(BigReq) {
                     BigReq.Enable(function(err, maxLen) {
                         display.max_request_length = maxLen;