diff --git a/grader b/grader
--- a/grader
+++ b/grader
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
     begin
       submission = Submission.find(sub_id.to_i)
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-      puts "Record not found"
+      puts "Submission #{sub_id} not found"
       submission = nil
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/engine.rb b/lib/engine.rb
--- a/lib/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/engine.rb
@@ -36,35 +36,35 @@
       user = submission.user
       problem = submission.problem
 
-      # TODO: will have to create real exception for this
-      if user==nil or problem == nil
-        @reporter.report_error(submission,"Grading error: problem with submission")
-        #raise "engine: user or problem is nil"
-      end
-
-      # TODO: this is another hack so that output only task can be judged
-      if submission.language!=nil
-        language = submission.language.name
-        lang_ext = submission.language.ext
-      else
-        language = 'c'
-        lang_ext = 'c'
-      end
+      begin
+        # TODO: will have to create real exception for this
+        if user==nil or problem == nil
+          @reporter.report_error(submission,"Grading error: problem with submission")
+          raise "engine: user or problem is nil"
+        end
 
-      # This is needed because older version of std-scripts/compile
-      # only look for c++.
-      if language == 'cpp'
-        language = 'c++'
-      end
+        # TODO: this is another hack so that output only task can be judged
+        if submission.language!=nil
+          language = submission.language.name
+          lang_ext = submission.language.ext
+        else
+          language = 'c'
+          lang_ext = 'c'
+        end
 
-      # COMMENT: should it be only source.ext?
-      if problem!=nil
-        source_name = "#{problem.name}.#{lang_ext}"
-      else
-        source_name = "source.#{lang_ext}"
-      end
+        # This is needed because older version of std-scripts/compile
+        # only look for c++.
+        if language == 'cpp'
+          language = 'c++'
+        end
 
-      begin
+        # COMMENT: should it be only source.ext?
+        if problem!=nil
+          source_name = "#{problem.name}.#{lang_ext}"
+        else
+          source_name = "source.#{lang_ext}"
+        end
+
         grading_dir = @room_maker.produce_grading_room(submission)
         @room_maker.save_source(submission,source_name)
         problem_home = @room_maker.find_problem_home(submission)
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
         # puts "PROBLEM DIR: #{problem_home}"
 
         if !FileTest.exist?(problem_home)
-          raise "No test data."
+          puts "PROBLEM DIR: #{problem_home}"
+          raise "engine: No test data."
         end
 
         dinit = DirInit::Manager.new(problem_home)
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@
 
       rescue RuntimeError => msg
         @reporter.report_error(submission, msg)
+        puts "ERROR: #{msg}"
 
       ensure
         @room_maker.clean_up(submission)
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@
       script_dir = "#{problem_home}/script"
       std_script_dir = get_std_script_dir
 
-      raise "std-script directory not found" if !FileTest.exist?(std_script_dir)
+      raise "engine: std-script directory not found" if !FileTest.exist?(std_script_dir)
 
       scripts = Dir[std_script_dir + '/*']
       
diff --git a/std-script/compile b/std-script/compile
--- a/std-script/compile
+++ b/std-script/compile
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 #
 ##############################
 
-def talk(msg)
+def talk(str='')
   if ENV['TALKATIVE']!=nil
     puts str
   end
   if ENV['GRADER_LOGGING']!=nil
     log_fname = ENV['GRADER_LOGGING']
     fp = File.open(log_fname,"a")
-    fp.puts("run: #{Time.new.strftime("%H:%M")} #{msg}")
+    fp.puts("run: #{Time.new.strftime("%H:%M")} #{str}")
     fp.close
   end
 end