diff --git a/dll/msvcrt.cpp b/dll/msvcrt.cpp
index ba67a2c..d6f4ff8 100644
--- a/dll/msvcrt.cpp
+++ b/dll/msvcrt.cpp
@@ -138,10 +138,13 @@ namespace msvcrt {
 
 		size_t varnamelen = wstrlen(varname);
 
+		DEBUG_LOG("\tSearching env vars...\n");
 		for(uint16_t** env = __winitenv; env && *env; ++env){
 			uint16_t* cur = *env;
 			std::string cur_str = wideStringToString(cur);
+			DEBUG_LOG("\tCur env var: %s\n", cur_str.c_str());
 			if(wstrncmp(cur, varname, varnamelen) == 0 && cur[varnamelen] == L'='){
+				DEBUG_LOG("Found the env var %s!\n", var_str.c_str());
 				uint16_t* value = cur + varnamelen + 1;
 				size_t value_len = wstrlen(value);
 
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ namespace msvcrt {
 			}
 		}
 
+		DEBUG_LOG("Could not find env var %s\n", var_str.c_str());
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/strutil.cpp b/strutil.cpp
index 5aaff44..24b00ff 100644
--- a/strutil.cpp
+++ b/strutil.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <locale>
 #include <codecvt>
+#include <sstream>
 
 size_t wstrlen(const uint16_t *str) {
+	if(!str) return 0;
+	
 	size_t len = 0;
 	while (str[len] != 0)
 		++len;
@@ -126,13 +129,23 @@ std::string wideStringToString(const uint16_t *src, int len = -1) {
 
 	// the old implementation
 	std::string res(len, '\0');
+	std::string debug_wstr;
+		std::stringstream ss;
+		bool is_wide = false;
 	for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		ss << "0x" << std::hex << src[i] << " ";
+		// debug_wstr += std::format("0x%X ", src[i]);
 		if(src[i] > 255){
-			// DEBUG_LOG("Encountered wide char with value 0x%X!\n", src[i]);
-			// assert(src[i] <= 255);
+		// 	DEBUG_LOG("Encountered wide char with value 0x%X!\n", src[i]);
+		// 	assert(src[i] <= 255);
+			is_wide = true;
 		}
 		res[i] = src[i] & 0xFF;
 	}
+	if(is_wide){
+		debug_wstr += ss.str();
+		DEBUG_LOG("wideString (%d): %s\n", wstrlen(src), debug_wstr.c_str());
+	}
 	return res;
 }