diff --git a/data/users.py b/data/users.py
index 4bde0518b..9e01e4d45 100644
--- a/data/users.py
+++ b/data/users.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class LDAPConnection(object):
     self._conn = None
 
   def __enter__(self):
-    self._conn = ldap.initialize(self._ldap_uri)
+    self._conn = ldap.initialize(self._ldap_uri, trace_level=1)
     self._conn.simple_bind_s(self._user_dn, self._user_pw)
     return self._conn