diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index f2dde23a71..5d9c36d94f 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -3393,14 +3393,16 @@ function drop_item($id,$interactive = true) {
 
 
 function first_post_date($uid,$wall = false) {
-	$r = q("select created from item 
+	$r = q("select id, created from item 
 		where uid = %d and wall = %d and deleted = 0 and visible = 1 AND moderated = 0 
 		order by created asc limit 1",
 		intval($uid),
 		intval($wall ? 1 : 0)
 	);
-	if(count($r))
+	if(count($r)) {
+		logger('first_post_date: ' . $r[0]['id'] . ' ' . $r[0]['created'], LOGGER_DATA);
 		return substr($r[0]['created'],0,10);
+	}
 	return false;
 }