diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0ad6dbc8d..2f435c2940 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ dnl *NOTE*: dnl this line before release, so release does static too
 AM_DISABLE_STATIC
 
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
-AS_VERSION(gst-plugins, GST_PLUGINS, 0, 3, 2, 1)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,$VERSION)
 dnl We disable static building for development, for time savings
 AM_DISABLE_STATIC
+AS_VERSION(gst-plugins, GST_PLUGINS, 0, 3, 2, 1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE($PACKAGE,$VERSION)
 AS_LIBTOOL(GST_PLUGINS, 0, 0, 0, yes)
 
 dnl FIXME take something else ?
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ dnl ######################################################################
 dnl # Check command line parameters, and set shell variables accordingly #
 dnl ######################################################################
 
+GST_DEBUGINFO
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(libmmx,
 [  --enable-libmmx              use libmmx, if available],
 [case "${enableval}" in
diff --git a/ext/lame/gstlame.c b/ext/lame/gstlame.c
index 673cd6f888..d07d4cf358 100644
--- a/ext/lame/gstlame.c
+++ b/ext/lame/gstlame.c
@@ -804,7 +804,8 @@ gst_lame_setup (GstLame *lame)
   }
   else {
     lame->initialized = TRUE;
-    GST_INFO (GST_CAT_PLUGIN_INFO, "lame encoder initialized");
+    /* FIXME: it would be nice to print out the mode here */
+    GST_INFO (GST_CAT_PLUGIN_INFO, "lame encoder initialized (%d kbit/s, %d Hz, %d channels)", lame->bitrate, lame->samplerate, lame->num_channels);
   }
 
   GST_DEBUG_LEAVE ("");