diff --git a/commit.go b/commit.go
index 52e9290..8569c74 100644
--- a/commit.go
+++ b/commit.go
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 
 package gogit
 
-import "bytes"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+)
 
 type Commit struct {
 	Author        *Signature
@@ -132,7 +135,9 @@ l:
 // Find the commit object in the repository.
 func (repos *Repository) LookupCommit(oid *Oid) (*Commit, error) {
 	_, _, data, err := repos.getRawObject(oid)
+	fmt.Println("[GoGit] Opening raw for OID", oid.String())
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("[GoGit] OID open error", err.Error())
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ci, err := parseCommitData(data)
diff --git a/repository.go b/repository.go
index efabf83..cdb577f 100644
--- a/repository.go
+++ b/repository.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -411,20 +412,32 @@ func getLengthZeroTerminated(b []byte) (int64, int64) {
 // Return the content type, the contents of the file and error, if any
 func readObjectFile(path string, sizeonly bool) (ot ObjectType, length int64, data []byte, err error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	fmt.Printf("[GoGit][readObjectFile] File open issue for %s: %v\n", path, err != nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 	r, err := zlib.NewReader(file)
 	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("[GoGit][readObjectFile] ZLIB read error")
 		return
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
 	first_buffer_size := int64(1024)
+
+	fmt.Println("[GoGit][readObjectFile] first_buffer_size:", first_buffer_size)
+
 	b := make([]byte, first_buffer_size)
 	n, err := r.Read(b)
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			// Ignore EOF errors
+			err = nil
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("[GoGit][readObjectFile] First buffer read error")
+			fmt.Println("[GoGit][readObjectFile] Bytes read", n)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 	spaceposition := int64(bytes.IndexByte(b, ' '))
 
@@ -477,9 +490,13 @@ func readObjectFile(path string, sizeonly bool) (ot ObjectType, length int64, da
 }
 
 func (repos *Repository) getRawObject(oid *Oid) (ObjectType, int64, []byte, error) {
+	fmt.Println("[GoGit] Searching for OID object. Looking in path", repos.Path)
 	// first we need to find out where the commit is stored
 	objpath := filepathFromSHA1(repos.Path, oid.String())
+	fmt.Println("[GoGit] objPath", objpath)
+
 	_, err := os.Stat(objpath)
+	fmt.Println("[GoGit] os.Stat error", err != nil)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		// doesn't exist, let's look if we find the object somewhere else
 		for _, indexfile := range repos.indexfiles {