diff --git a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/api/ExternalApiCalls.as b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/api/ExternalApiCalls.as
index 4b82453746c5b7f62ac937f28687f9b8a5e70278..6a5c46de6dd9f65bc718e2e9898dadf6d47a553a 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/api/ExternalApiCalls.as
+++ b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/api/ExternalApiCalls.as
@@ -276,10 +276,13 @@ package org.bigbluebutton.main.api
     }    
 
     public function handleUserLeftEvent(event:UserLeftEvent):void {
+      trace("Got notification that user [" + event.userID + "] has left the meeting");
+      
       var payload:Object = new Object();
       var user:BBBUser = UserManager.getInstance().getConference().getUser(event.userID);
       
       if (user == null) {
+        trace("[ExternalApiCall:handleParticipantJoinEvent] Cannot find user with ID [" + event.userID + "]");
         LogUtil.warn("[ExternalApiCall:handleParticipantJoinEvent] Cannot find user with ID [" + event.userID + "]");
         return;
       }
@@ -287,6 +290,8 @@ package org.bigbluebutton.main.api
       payload.eventName = EventConstants.USER_LEFT;
       payload.userID = UsersUtil.internalUserIDToExternalUserID(user.userID);
       
+      trace("Notifying JS API that user [" + payload.userID + "] has left the meeting");
+      
       broadcastEvent(payload);        
     }  
     
diff --git a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/model/users/UsersSOService.as b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/model/users/UsersSOService.as
index c63b42bf14c9a6e5101ef13d72145df92624a45c..0851b29a9550a09402b543279a6833f29e598ae0 100755
--- a/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/model/users/UsersSOService.as
+++ b/bigbluebutton-client/src/org/bigbluebutton/main/model/users/UsersSOService.as
@@ -215,12 +215,14 @@ package org.bigbluebutton.main.model.users {
 		public function participantLeft(userID:String):void { 			
 			var user:BBBUser = UserManager.getInstance().getConference().getUser(userID);
 			
-			UserManager.getInstance().getConference().removeUser(userID);	
-			
-
+      trace("Notify others that user [" + user.userID + "] has left!!!!");
+      
 			var joinEvent:UserLeftEvent = new UserLeftEvent(UserLeftEvent.LEFT);
 			joinEvent.userID = user.userID;
 			dispatcher.dispatchEvent(joinEvent);	
+      
+      UserManager.getInstance().getConference().removeUser(userID);	
+      
 		}
 		
 		public function participantJoined(joinedUser:Object):void {