diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/indexers/daemon.py b/rhodecode/lib/indexers/daemon.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/indexers/daemon.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/indexers/daemon.py
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ from os.path import join as jn
 project_path = dn(dn(dn(dn(os.path.realpath(__file__)))))
 sys.path.append(project_path)
 
-
+from rhodecode.config.conf import INDEX_EXTENSIONS
 from rhodecode.model.scm import ScmModel
-from rhodecode.lib import safe_unicode
-from rhodecode.lib.indexers import INDEX_EXTENSIONS, SCHEMA, IDX_NAME
+from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_unicode
+from rhodecode.lib.indexers import SCHEMA, IDX_NAME
 
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import ChangesetError, RepositoryError, \
     NodeDoesNotExistError
@@ -117,10 +117,9 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
         """
 
         node = self.get_node(repo, path)
-
+        indexed = indexed_w_content = 0
         # we just index the content of chosen files, and skip binary files
         if node.extension in INDEX_EXTENSIONS and not node.is_binary:
-
             u_content = node.content
             if not isinstance(u_content, unicode):
                 log.warning('  >> %s Could not get this content as unicode '
@@ -128,11 +127,13 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
                 u_content = u''
             else:
                 log.debug('    >> %s [WITH CONTENT]' % path)
+                indexed_w_content += 1
 
         else:
             log.debug('    >> %s' % path)
             # just index file name without it's content
             u_content = u''
+            indexed += 1
 
         writer.add_document(
             owner=unicode(repo.contact),
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
             modtime=self.get_node_mtime(node),
             extension=node.extension
         )
+        return indexed, indexed_w_content
 
     def build_index(self):
         if os.path.exists(self.index_location):
@@ -153,19 +155,25 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
 
         idx = create_in(self.index_location, SCHEMA, indexname=IDX_NAME)
         writer = idx.writer()
-
+        log.debug('BUILDIN INDEX FOR EXTENSIONS %s' % INDEX_EXTENSIONS)
         for repo_name, repo in self.repo_paths.items():
             log.debug('building index @ %s' % repo.path)
-
+            i_cnt = iwc_cnt = 0
             for idx_path in self.get_paths(repo):
-                self.add_doc(writer, idx_path, repo, repo_name)
+                i, iwc = self.add_doc(writer, idx_path, repo, repo_name)
+                i_cnt += i
+                iwc_cnt += iwc
+            log.debug('added %s files %s with content for repo %s' % (
+                         i_cnt + iwc_cnt, iwc_cnt, repo.path)
+            )
 
         log.debug('>> COMMITING CHANGES <<')
         writer.commit(merge=True)
         log.debug('>>> FINISHED BUILDING INDEX <<<')
 
     def update_index(self):
-        log.debug('STARTING INCREMENTAL INDEXING UPDATE')
+        log.debug('STARTING INCREMENTAL INDEXING UPDATE FOR EXTENSIONS %s' %
+                  INDEX_EXTENSIONS)
 
         idx = open_dir(self.index_location, indexname=self.indexname)
         # The set of all paths in the index
@@ -204,14 +212,19 @@ class WhooshIndexingDaemon(object):
         # Loop over the files in the filesystem
         # Assume we have a function that gathers the filenames of the
         # documents to be indexed
+        ri_cnt = riwc_cnt = 0
         for repo_name, repo in self.repo_paths.items():
             for path in self.get_paths(repo):
                 if path in to_index or path not in indexed_paths:
                     # This is either a file that's changed, or a new file
                     # that wasn't indexed before. So index it!
-                    self.add_doc(writer, path, repo, repo_name)
+                    i, iwc = self.add_doc(writer, path, repo, repo_name)
                     log.debug('re indexing %s' % path)
-
+                    ri_cnt += i
+                    riwc_cnt += iwc
+        log.debug('added %s files %s with content for repo %s' % (
+                     ri_cnt + riwc_cnt, riwc_cnt, repo.path)
+        )
         log.debug('>> COMMITING CHANGES <<')
         writer.commit(merge=True)
         log.debug('>>> FINISHED REBUILDING INDEX <<<')