diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/setup-connections.bro b/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/setup-connections.bro
index b5a0d25e1f..20646525be 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/setup-connections.bro
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/cluster/setup-connections.bro
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ event bro_init() &priority=9
 			{
 			if ( n$node_type == WORKER && n$proxy == node )
 				Communication::nodes[i] =
-					[$host=n$ip, $connect=F, $class=i, $sync=T, $auth=T, $events=worker2proxy_events];
+					[$host=n$ip, $connect=F, $class=i, $sync=F, $auth=T, $events=worker2proxy_events];
 			
 			# accepts connections from the previous one. 
 			# (This is not ideal for setups with many proxies)
diff --git a/src/Stats.cc b/src/Stats.cc
index a2e7496c5f..c3035231e9 100644
--- a/src/Stats.cc
+++ b/src/Stats.cc
@@ -210,11 +210,16 @@ void ProfileLogger::Log()
 	      i != thread_stats.end(); ++i ) 
 		{
 		threading::MsgThread::Stats s = i->second;
-		file->Write(fmt("%0.6f   %-25s in=%" PRIu64 " out=%" PRIu64 " pending=%" PRIu64 "/%" PRIu64 "\n",
+		file->Write(fmt("%0.6f   %-25s in=%" PRIu64 " out=%" PRIu64 " pending=%" PRIu64 "/%" PRIu64
+				" (#queue r/w: in=%" PRIu64 "/%" PRIu64 " out=%" PRIu64 "/%" PRIu64 ")"
+			        "\n",
 			    network_time,
 			    i->first.c_str(),
 			    s.sent_in, s.sent_out,
-			    s.pending_in, s.pending_out));
+			    s.pending_in, s.pending_out,
+			    s.queue_in_stats.num_reads, s.queue_in_stats.num_writes,
+			    s.queue_out_stats.num_reads, s.queue_out_stats.num_writes
+			    ));
 		}
 
 	// Script-level state.
diff --git a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h
index 3e05d17c9e..4d22bd9b1f 100644
--- a/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h
+++ b/src/logging/WriterFrontend.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ protected:
 	const threading::Field* const*  fields;	// The log fields.
 
 	// Buffer for bulk writes.
-	static const int WRITER_BUFFER_SIZE = 50;
+	static const int WRITER_BUFFER_SIZE = 1000;
 	int write_buffer_pos;	// Position of next write in buffer.
 	threading::Value*** write_buffer;	// Buffer of size WRITER_BUFFER_SIZE.
 };
diff --git a/src/threading/MsgThread.cc b/src/threading/MsgThread.cc
index 145e16c57b..ddcd3df1dd 100644
--- a/src/threading/MsgThread.cc
+++ b/src/threading/MsgThread.cc
@@ -283,5 +283,7 @@ void MsgThread::GetStats(Stats* stats)
 	stats->sent_out = cnt_sent_out;
 	stats->pending_in = queue_in.Size();
 	stats->pending_out = queue_out.Size();
+	queue_in.GetStats(&stats->queue_in_stats);
+	queue_out.GetStats(&stats->queue_out_stats);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/threading/MsgThread.h b/src/threading/MsgThread.h
index 28c7690dfa..5ac1c0f780 100644
--- a/src/threading/MsgThread.h
+++ b/src/threading/MsgThread.h
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ public:
 		uint64_t sent_out;	//! Number of messages sent from the child thread to the main thread
 		uint64_t pending_in;	//! Number of messages sent to the child but not yet processed.
 		uint64_t pending_out;	//! Number of messages sent from the child but not yet processed by the main thread.
+
+		/// Statistics from our queues.
+		Queue<BasicInputMessage *>::Stats  queue_in_stats;
+		Queue<BasicOutputMessage *>::Stats queue_out_stats;
 		};
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/threading/Queue.h b/src/threading/Queue.h
index a25f897d23..985ba31714 100644
--- a/src/threading/Queue.h
+++ b/src/threading/Queue.h
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ public:
 	 */
 	uint64_t Size();
 
+	/**
+	 * Statistics about inter-thread communication.
+	 */
+	struct Stats
+		{
+		uint64_t num_reads;	//! Number of messages read from the queue.
+		uint64_t num_writes;	//! Number of messages written to the queue.
+		};
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns statistics about the queue's usage.
+	 *
+	 * @param stats A pointer to a structure that will be filled with
+	 * current numbers. */
+	void GetStats(Stats* stats);
+
 private:
 	static const int NUM_QUEUES = 8;
 
@@ -67,6 +83,10 @@ private:
 
 	int read_ptr;	// Where the next operation will read from
 	int write_ptr;	// Where the next operation will write to
+
+	// Statistics.
+	uint64_t num_reads;
+	uint64_t num_writes;
 };
 
 inline static void safe_lock(pthread_mutex_t* mutex)
@@ -86,6 +106,7 @@ inline Queue<T>::Queue()
 	{
 	read_ptr = 0;
 	write_ptr = 0;
+	num_reads = num_writes = 0;
 
 	for( int i = 0; i < NUM_QUEUES; ++i )
 		{
@@ -121,6 +142,7 @@ inline T Queue<T>::Get()
 	messages[read_ptr].pop();
 
 	read_ptr = (read_ptr + 1) % NUM_QUEUES;
+	++num_reads;
 
 	safe_unlock(&mutex[old_read_ptr]);
 
@@ -142,6 +164,7 @@ inline void Queue<T>::Put(T data)
 		pthread_cond_signal(&has_data[write_ptr]);
 
 	write_ptr = (write_ptr + 1) % NUM_QUEUES;
+	++num_writes;
 
 	safe_unlock(&mutex[old_write_ptr]);
 	}
@@ -177,7 +200,23 @@ inline uint64_t Queue<T>::Size()
 	return size;
 	}
 
+template<typename T>
+inline void Queue<T>::GetStats(Stats* stats)
+	{
+	// To be safe, we look all queues. That's probably unneccessary, but
+	// doesn't really hurt.
+	for ( int i = 0; i < NUM_QUEUES; i++ )
+		safe_lock(&mutex[i]);
+
+	stats->num_reads = num_reads;
+	stats->num_writes = num_writes;
+
+	for ( int i = 0; i < NUM_QUEUES; i++ )
+		safe_unlock(&mutex[i]);
+	}
+
 }
 
+
 #endif