diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
index edd7caf..80c7c8c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qapplication.cpp
@@ -2388,6 +2388,7 @@ QWidget *QApplicationPrivate::pickMouseReceiver(QWidget *candidate, const QPoint
     Q_ASSERT(candidate);
 
     QWidget *mouseGrabber = QWidget::mouseGrabber();
+    qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << candidate << mouseGrabber;
     if (((type == QEvent::MouseMove && buttons) || (type == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease))
             && !buttonDown && !mouseGrabber) {
         return 0;
@@ -2398,15 +2399,15 @@ QWidget *QApplicationPrivate::pickMouseReceiver(QWidget *candidate, const QPoint
 
     QWidget *receiver = candidate;
 
-    if (!mouseGrabber)
+    if (!mouseGrabber) {
         mouseGrabber = (buttonDown && !isBlockedByModal(buttonDown)) ? buttonDown : alienWidget;
+        qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << "found mousegrabber: " << mouseGrabber << "alien=" << alienWidget;
+    }
 
     if (mouseGrabber && mouseGrabber != candidate) {
         receiver = mouseGrabber;
         *pos = receiver->mapFromGlobal(candidate->mapToGlobal(windowPos));
-#ifdef ALIEN_DEBUG
-        qDebug() << "  ** receiver adjusted to:" << receiver << "pos:" << pos;
-#endif
+        qDebug() << __FUNCTION__ << candidate << "  ** receiver adjusted to:" << receiver << "pos:" << pos;
     }
 
     return receiver;
diff --git a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
index c19b617..194fff9 100644
--- a/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/kernel/qwidgetwindow.cpp
@@ -442,16 +442,22 @@ void QWidgetWindow::handleMouseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
     // which child should have it?
     QWidget *widget = m_widget->childAt(event->pos());
     QPoint mapped = event->pos();
-
+    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << '1' << widget;
     if (!widget)
         widget = m_widget;
+    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << '2' << widget;
 
-    if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress && !qt_button_down)
+    if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonPress && !qt_button_down) {
         qt_button_down = widget;
+        qDebug() <<  Q_FUNC_INFO << "setting qt_button_down to " << qt_button_down;
+
+    }
 
     QWidget *receiver = QApplicationPrivate::pickMouseReceiver(m_widget, event->windowPos().toPoint(), &mapped, event->type(), event->buttons(),
                                                                qt_button_down, widget);
 
+    qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << 'r' << receiver;
+
     if (!receiver) {
         if (event->type() == QEvent::MouseButtonRelease)
             QApplicationPrivate::mouse_buttons &= ~event->button();