diff --git a/db/namespace.h b/db/namespace.h
index e1042e78859..d252c7ce60f 100644
--- a/db/namespace.h
+++ b/db/namespace.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 
 class Cursor;
 
+#pragma pack(push)
+#pragma pack(1)
+
 class Namespace {
 public:
 	Namespace(const char *ns) { 
@@ -97,6 +100,8 @@ private:
 	DiskLoc _alloc(int len);
 };
 
+#pragma pack(pop)
+
 class NamespaceIndex {
 	friend class NamespaceCursor;
 public:
diff --git a/util/hashtab.h b/util/hashtab.h
index 60ffa648530..3a9e5ff801a 100644
--- a/util/hashtab.h
+++ b/util/hashtab.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public:
 		nodes = (Node *) buf;
 		assert(nodes[n-1].hash == 0);
 		assert(nodes[0].hash == 0);
+
+		cout << "HashTable() " << _name << " sizeof(node):" << sizeof(Node) << " n:" << n << endl;
 	}
 
 	Type* get(const Key& k) {