diff --git a/buildconf/default.ini b/buildconf/default.ini
index eb4030a0..61743ef3 100644
--- a/buildconf/default.ini
+++ b/buildconf/default.ini
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ evdis = false
 ldap = false
 routing = false
 stackless = false
-debug = false
+debug = true
 unbit = false
 xml_implementation = libxml2
 plugins =
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index fa24a3eb..9492ca13 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ PyObject *uwsgi_pyimport_by_filename(char *name, char *filename) {
 
         pyfile = fopen(filename, "r");
         if (!pyfile) {
-                uwsgi_error("fopen()");
+                uwsgi_log("failed to open python file %s\n", filename);
                 exit(1);
         }
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index 8da0dd7b..9b5c0a7a 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -356,8 +356,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
 
 #ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
 	struct utsname uuts;
-	int so_bufsize;
-	socklen_t so_bufsize_len;
 #endif
 
 	signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
@@ -697,6 +695,12 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 
 	char **argv = v_argv;
 
+#ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
+        int so_bufsize;
+        socklen_t so_bufsize_len;
+#endif
+
+
 #ifdef UWSGI_HTTP
 	pid_t http_pid;
 #endif