diff --git a/script/monitoring.py b/script/monitoring.py
index fc5e2521..60b435f1 100644
--- a/script/monitoring.py
+++ b/script/monitoring.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if controller.state == State.Ready and Scienta.state.isInitialized():
         #Criteria: first communication after timeout
         retries = 3
         for i in range(retries):
-            try:                    
+            try:   
+                print "Reading"                  
                 Scienta.getImageCounter().read()
                 print "Communication ok"           
                 if globals().has_key("scientaTimeOut"):
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ if controller.state == State.Ready and Scienta.state.isInitialized():
             except:
                 if i < retries-1:
                     print "Com failure: retrying"
-                else
+                else:
                     print "Scienta timeout"           
                     scientaTimeOut = True 
                     break