diff --git a/pd/src/g_editor.c b/pd/src/g_editor.c
index ceda674ebfcfa49789bb440087d183af7331541b..c11cef7049a9728e4aa5b7d14525acb488caf6c5 100644
--- a/pd/src/g_editor.c
+++ b/pd/src/g_editor.c
@@ -6415,6 +6415,7 @@ static void canvas_duplicate(t_canvas *x)
                    nature between the gui and the engine, so we select it
                    explicitly here once again to prevent that from being
                    a problem */
+                //fprintf(stderr,"post-duplicate reselect hack for gop objects\n");
                 gobj_select(g, x, 1);
             }
             g = g->g_next;