diff --git a/py/gc.c b/py/gc.c
index c8256fb03bccba6b62c0697ce2bdc7ddd136b862..9c8d203d28354c73204f952975c9e85e76097201 100644
--- a/py/gc.c
+++ b/py/gc.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void gc_info(gc_info_t *info) {
 
 void *gc_alloc(machine_uint_t n_bytes) {
     machine_uint_t n_blocks = ((n_bytes + BYTES_PER_BLOCK - 1) & (~(BYTES_PER_BLOCK - 1))) / BYTES_PER_BLOCK;
-    //printf("gc_alloc(%u bytes -> %u blocks)\n", n_bytes, n_blocks);
+    DEBUG_printf("gc_alloc(%u bytes -> %u blocks)\n", n_bytes, n_blocks);
 
     // check for 0 allocation
     if (n_blocks == 0) {
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ void *gc_alloc(machine_uint_t n_bytes) {
         if (collected) {
             return NULL;
         }
+        DEBUG_printf("gc_alloc(" UINT_FMT "): no free mem, triggering GC\n", n_bytes);
         gc_collect();
         collected = 1;
     }
@@ -341,6 +342,14 @@ void *gc_realloc(void *ptr, machine_uint_t n_bytes) {
     }
 }
 
+void gc_dump_info() {
+    gc_info_t info;
+    gc_info(&info);
+    printf("GC: total: " UINT_FMT ", used: " UINT_FMT ", free: " UINT_FMT "\n", info.total, info.used, info.free);
+    printf(" No. of 1-blocks: " UINT_FMT ", 2-blocks: " UINT_FMT ", max blk sz: " UINT_FMT "\n",
+           info.num_1block, info.num_2block, info.max_block);
+}
+
 #if DEBUG_PRINT
 static void gc_dump_at(void) {
     for (machine_uint_t bl = 0; bl < gc_alloc_table_byte_len * BLOCKS_PER_ATB; bl++) {
diff --git a/unix/gccollect.c b/unix/gccollect.c
index cb2cc7a0344b33e058e8d461f957f15d5de1ec2b..60bc99323e195a739cae34ab19125c48b73445e3 100644
--- a/unix/gccollect.c
+++ b/unix/gccollect.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ void gc_helper_get_regs(regs_t arr) {
 #endif
 
 void gc_collect(void) {
+    //gc_dump_info();
+
     gc_collect_start();
     // this traces .data and .bss sections
     extern char __bss_start, _end;
@@ -59,14 +61,8 @@ void gc_collect(void) {
     gc_collect_root((void**)&regs, ((uint32_t)stack_top - (uint32_t)&regs) / sizeof(uint32_t));
     gc_collect_end();
 
-    if (0) {
-        // print GC info
-        gc_info_t info;
-        gc_info(&info);
-        printf("GC: total: " UINT_FMT ", used: " UINT_FMT ", free: " UINT_FMT "\n", info.total, info.used, info.free);
-        printf(" No. of 1-blocks: " UINT_FMT ", 2-blocks: " UINT_FMT ", max blk sz: " UINT_FMT "\n",
-               info.num_1block, info.num_2block, info.max_block);
-    }
+    //printf("-----\n");
+    //gc_dump_info();
 }
 
 #endif //MICROPY_ENABLE_GC