diff --git a/modules/vm.cc b/modules/vm.cc
index 94acb4a47..6faf6b3a8 100644
--- a/modules/vm.cc
+++ b/modules/vm.cc
@@ -508,7 +508,18 @@ ircd::m::vm::inject(eval &eval,
 		event, { "content", content },
 	};
 
-	return execute(eval, event);
+	const m::event event_tuple
+	{
+		event
+	};
+
+	if(opts.debuglog_precommit)
+		log::debug
+		{
+			log, "Issuing: %s", pretty_oneline(event_tuple)
+		};
+
+	return execute(eval, event_tuple);
 }
 
 enum ircd::m::vm::fault
@@ -539,12 +550,6 @@ try
 		*eval.opts
 	};
 
-	if(eval.copts && eval.copts->debuglog_precommit)
-		log::debug
-		{
-			log, "Issuing: %s", pretty_oneline(event)
-		};
-
 	if(eval.copts && eval.copts->issue)
 		issue_hook(event, eval);