diff --git a/RayPlatform/core/ComputeCore.cpp b/RayPlatform/core/ComputeCore.cpp
index 8d11e271..bcb0f813 100644
--- a/RayPlatform/core/ComputeCore.cpp
+++ b/RayPlatform/core/ComputeCore.cpp
@@ -1209,8 +1209,10 @@ void ComputeCore::configureEngine() {
 		headerSize += ( 1 * sizeof(uint32_t) * sizeof(char) );
 */
 
+/*
 		cout << "DEBUG MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES " << MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES;
 		cout << " headerSize " << headerSize << endl;
+		*/
 
 		// align this on 8 bytes because there is still something in the code
 		// that is incorrect apparently.
@@ -1234,12 +1236,12 @@ void ComputeCore::configureEngine() {
 			headerSize += toAdd;
 		}
 
-		cout << " headerSize (with padding) " << headerSize << endl;
+		//cout << " headerSize (with padding) " << headerSize << endl;
 
 		maximumMessageSizeInBytes += headerSize;
 	}
 
-	cout << "DEBUG maximumMessageSizeInBytes " << maximumMessageSizeInBytes << endl;
+	//cout << "DEBUG maximumMessageSizeInBytes " << maximumMessageSizeInBytes << endl;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ASSERT
 	assert(maximumMessageSizeInBytes >= MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_SIZE_IN_BYTES);
diff --git a/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.cpp b/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.cpp
index 055189fe..5428f300 100644
--- a/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.cpp
+++ b/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.cpp
@@ -177,3 +177,7 @@ bool FileReader::eof() {
 	//return m_reader.eof();
 }
 
+bool FileReader::isValid() {
+
+	return m_reader.good();
+}
diff --git a/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.h b/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.h
index 1a668cc0..d6643ed8 100644
--- a/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.h
+++ b/RayPlatform/files/FileReader.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class FileReader {
 	void getline(char * buffer, int size);
 	void close();
 	bool eof();
+	bool isValid();
 };
 
 #endif