diff --git a/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp b/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp
index b3fc8a36e..3a4938b35 100644
--- a/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/feedmessageviewer.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ void FeedMessageViewer::quitDownloader() {
   qDebug("Quitting feed downloader thread.");
 
   m_feedDownloaderThread->quit();
+
+  qDebug("Feed downloader thread aborted.");
+
   m_feedDownloader->deleteLater();
 }