diff --git a/ctaocrypt/benchmark/benchmark.c b/ctaocrypt/benchmark/benchmark.c
index 47dd3a777..5363fc95c 100644
--- a/ctaocrypt/benchmark/benchmark.c
+++ b/ctaocrypt/benchmark/benchmark.c
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ static int OpenNitroxDevice(int dma_mode,int dev_id)
 
 #endif
 
+#if defined(DEBUG_CYASSL) && !defined(HAVE_VALGRIND)
+    CYASSL_API int CyaSSL_Debugging_ON();
+#endif
 
 /* so embedded projects can pull in tests on their own */
 #if !defined(NO_MAIN_DRIVER)
@@ -142,6 +145,10 @@ int benchmark_test(void *args)
 {
 #endif
 
+    #if defined(DEBUG_CYASSL) && !defined(HAVE_VALGRIND)
+        CyaSSL_Debugging_ON();
+    #endif
+
 	#ifdef HAVE_CAVIUM
     int ret = OpenNitroxDevice(CAVIUM_DIRECT, CAVIUM_DEV_ID);
     if (ret != 0) {
diff --git a/ctaocrypt/src/aes.c b/ctaocrypt/src/aes.c
index 000210868..e25b5d873 100644
--- a/ctaocrypt/src/aes.c
+++ b/ctaocrypt/src/aes.c
@@ -2241,6 +2241,7 @@ int AesCbcEncrypt(Aes* aes, byte* out, const byte* in, word32 sz)
         if ((word)in % 16) {
         #ifndef NO_CYASSL_ALLOC_ALIGN
             byte* tmp = (byte*)XMALLOC(sz, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
+            CYASSL_MSG("AES-CBC encrypt with bad alignment");
             if (tmp == NULL) return MEMORY_E;
 
             XMEMCPY(tmp, in, sz);