diff --git a/src/core/weechat.c b/src/core/weechat.c
index 8d60ba4..d0dd652 100644
--- a/src/core/weechat.c
+++ b/src/core/weechat.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LANGINFO_CODESET
@@ -373,6 +374,10 @@ weechat_shutdown (int return_code, int crash)
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+    struct timeval tv1, tv2, tv3, tv4;
+    long diff1, diff2, diff3;
+
+    gettimeofday (&tv1, NULL);
     setlocale (LC_ALL, "");             /* initialize gettext               */
 #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
     bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
@@ -408,11 +413,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
         exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
     network_init ();                    /* init networking                  */
     gui_main_init ();                   /* init WeeChat interface           */
+    gettimeofday (&tv2, NULL);
     if (weechat_upgrading)
     {
         upgrade_weechat_load ();        /* upgrade with session file        */
         weechat_upgrade_count++;        /* increase /upgrade count          */
     }
+    gettimeofday (&tv3, NULL);
     weechat_welcome_message ();         /* display WeeChat welcome message  */
     command_startup (0);                /* command executed before plugins  */
     plugin_init (weechat_auto_load_plugins, /* init plugin interface(s)     */
@@ -422,6 +429,14 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     if (weechat_upgrading)
         upgrade_weechat_remove_files ();/* remove .upgrade files            */
     weechat_upgrading = 0;
+    gettimeofday (&tv4, NULL);
+
+    diff1 = util_timeval_diff (&tv1, &tv2);
+    diff2 = util_timeval_diff (&tv2, &tv3);
+    diff3 = util_timeval_diff (&tv3, &tv4);
+    gui_chat_printf (NULL, "DEBUG: start --> before restore: %6ld ms", diff1);
+    gui_chat_printf (NULL, "DEBUG: time for restore        : %6ld ms", diff2);
+    gui_chat_printf (NULL, "DEBUG: after restore until now : %6ld ms", diff3);
     
     gui_main_loop ();                   /* WeeChat main loop                */