diff --git a/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go b/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go
index 5f134659b9bd..2cbc17edf1be 100644
--- a/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go
+++ b/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go
@@ -8044,7 +8044,9 @@ func (d *lxc) IsPrivileged() bool {
 
 // IsRunning returns if instance is running.
 func (d *lxc) IsRunning() bool {
-	return d.isRunningStatusCode(d.statusCode())
+	s := d.statusCode()
+	fmt.Println(s.String())
+	return d.isRunningStatusCode(s)
 }
 
 // CanMigrate returns whether the instance can be migrated.
@@ -8142,6 +8144,8 @@ func (d *lxc) NextIdmap() (*idmap.IdmapSet, error) {
 // statusCode returns instance status code.
 func (d *lxc) statusCode() api.StatusCode {
 	// If instance is running on a remote cluster member, we cannot determine instance state.
+	fmt.Println(d.state.ServerName)
+	fmt.Println(d.Location())
 	if d.state.ServerName != d.Location() {
 		return api.Error
 	}
diff --git a/lxd/instances.go b/lxd/instances.go
index 7efe90710d49..7197d97151b0 100644
--- a/lxd/instances.go
+++ b/lxd/instances.go
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ func instancesOnDisk(s *state.State) ([]instance.Instance, error) {
 }
 
 func instancesShutdown(instances []instance.Instance) {
+	fmt.Println("instance shutdown")
+
 	sort.Sort(instanceStopList(instances))
 
 	// Limit shutdown concurrency to number of instances or number of CPU cores (which ever is less).
@@ -462,6 +464,7 @@ func instancesShutdown(instances []instance.Instance) {
 	instShutdownCh := make(chan instance.Instance)
 	maxConcurrent := runtime.NumCPU()
 	instCount := len(instances)
+	fmt.Printf("%d instances\n", len(instances))
 	if instCount < maxConcurrent {
 		maxConcurrent = instCount
 	}
@@ -469,6 +472,8 @@ func instancesShutdown(instances []instance.Instance) {
 	for i := 0; i < maxConcurrent; i++ {
 		go func(instShutdownCh <-chan instance.Instance) {
 			for inst := range instShutdownCh {
+				fmt.Printf("shutting down %s\n", inst.Name())
+
 				// Determine how long to wait for the instance to shutdown cleanly.
 				timeoutSeconds := 30
 				value, ok := inst.ExpandedConfig()["boot.host_shutdown_timeout"]
@@ -478,11 +483,15 @@ func instancesShutdown(instances []instance.Instance) {
 
 				err := inst.Shutdown(time.Second * time.Duration(timeoutSeconds))
 				if err != nil {
+					fmt.Printf("failed shutting down %s\n", inst.Name())
 					logger.Warn("Failed shutting down instance, forcefully stopping", logger.Ctx{"project": inst.Project().Name, "instance": inst.Name(), "err": err})
 					err = inst.Stop(false)
 					if err != nil {
+						fmt.Printf("failed shutting down %s forcefully\n", inst.Name())
 						logger.Warn("Failed forcefully stopping instance", logger.Ctx{"project": inst.Project().Name, "instance": inst.Name(), "err": err})
 					}
+				} else {
+					fmt.Printf("succeeded shutting down %s\n", inst.Name())
 				}
 
 				if inst.ID() > 0 {
@@ -499,8 +508,11 @@ func instancesShutdown(instances []instance.Instance) {
 
 	var currentBatchPriority int
 	for i, inst := range instances {
+		fmt.Printf("looping through %s\n", inst.Name())
+
 		// Skip stopped instances.
 		if !inst.IsRunning() {
+			fmt.Printf("skipping %s\n", inst.Name())
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -516,6 +528,8 @@ func instancesShutdown(instances []instance.Instance) {
 		}
 
 		wg.Add(1)
+
+		fmt.Printf("adding %s to channel\n", inst.Name())
 		instShutdownCh <- inst
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/suites/clustering.sh b/test/suites/clustering.sh
index 92c1ecb9136f..aff08ac3cc78 100644
--- a/test/suites/clustering.sh
+++ b/test/suites/clustering.sh
@@ -1894,6 +1894,9 @@ test_clustering_shutdown_nodes() {
   wait "${daemon_pid1}"
 
   # Container foo shouldn't be running anymore
+  stat "/proc/${instance_pid}"
+  sleep 20
+  stat "/proc/${instance_pid}"
   [ ! -e "/proc/${instance_pid}" ]
 
   teardown_clustering_netns