diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
index 338b7e3..8e4c119 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class _WorkerThread(threading.Thread, _IdleObject):
     def run(self):
         # call the function
         _log.debug('Thread d %s calling %s', self.getName(),
-                str(self._function))
+                str(self._function.__name__))
 
         args = self._args
         kwargs = self._kwargs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class _ThreadManager(object):
         self._running.remove(thread_id)
 
         _log.debug('Thread id %s completed, %d threads in the queue, ' \
-                '%d running', thread_id, len(self._thread_pool),
+                '%d still running', thread_id, len(self._thread_pool),
                 len(self._running))
 
         if self._thread_pool: