diff --git a/gdb-port/parser-name-instrumentation-gdb.py b/gdb-port/parser-name-instrumentation-gdb.py
index 8903c1f3658f960811da74d0eefafa79d455bd2f..a07c51bb9331ce35503b23fe6e0be759a6a1f824 100644
--- a/gdb-port/parser-name-instrumentation-gdb.py
+++ b/gdb-port/parser-name-instrumentation-gdb.py
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ class TopLevelParse:
 			# Caveat: parser_stack is assumed not to be None if we could get a parser_obj
 			parser_obj.add_mem_use(parser_stack.parse_state, alloc_size)
 		elif parser_stack is not None:
-			print("Allocation of " + str(alloc_size) + " bytes without a parser on the stack. (Happens before first call perform_lowlevel_parse to or after return from that call)")
+			#print("Allocation of " + str(alloc_size) + " bytes without a parser on the stack. (Happens before first call perform_lowlevel_parse to or after return from that call)")
 			parser_stack.unclaimed_mem_use += alloc_size
 		else:
-			print("Allocation of " + str(alloc_size) + " bytes without a parser stack. (This happens before and after parse)")
+			#print("Allocation of " + str(alloc_size) + " bytes without a parser stack. (This happens before and after parse)")
 			self.unclaimed_mem_use += alloc_size
 
 	def parse_virtual(self, parser_name):
diff --git a/gdb-port/parser-type-instrumentation-gdb.py b/gdb-port/parser-type-instrumentation-gdb.py
index 7a17887570471bf278dd96ec4e703728cae255b8..6dc9b882518485cd9cc2b5e14412cf31cd018787 100644
--- a/gdb-port/parser-type-instrumentation-gdb.py
+++ b/gdb-port/parser-type-instrumentation-gdb.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class VTTypes:
 		try:
 			return self.vt_symbols[int(address)]
 		except KeyError:
+			print("Lookup fail for VT address " + str(hex(address)))
 			return None
 
 #vt_types = VTTypes()
@@ -83,10 +84,11 @@ class HParserEnv:
 		try:
 			name = parser_name_defaults[self.top_level_parse.vt_types.lookup_by_address(vtable_p).name]
 		# if lookup_by_address() returns None
-		except AttributeError:
-			name = "(Unknown parser type (vtable symbol not found in lookup)"
-			print("Lookup fail for: " + str(hex(parser_addr))) # DEBUG
-			print("vt_types: " + str(self.top_level_parse.vt_types)) # DEBUG
+		# TODO: these exceptions just sweep issues under the rug. it should fail instead
+		#except AttributeError:
+		#	name = "(Unknown parser type (vtable symbol not found in lookup)"
+		#	print("Lookup fail for: " + str(hex(parser_addr))) # DEBUG
+			#print("vt_types: " + str({hex(k):v.name for k,v in self.top_level_parse.vt_types.vt_symbols.items()})) # DEBUG
 		except KeyError:
 			name = "(Unknown parser type (vtable exists but has no default name associated)"
 
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ class ManyEnv(HParserEnv):
 		p_ptr = parser_env['p']
 		p_obj = top_level_parse.add_or_get_parser(p_ptr)
 		if p_obj.name is None:
-			p_obj.name_parser( self.name_from_vtable(p_ptr) )
+			p_obj.name_parser( self.name_from_vtable(p_obj) )
 		self.p = p_obj
 
 	def __str__(self):