diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 7cec154f3..f58dea0b3 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 ## Fixes
 -@ ``widgets.HotkeyLabel``: don't trigger on click if the widget is disabled
 - ``dfhack.job.isSuitableMaterial``: now properly detects lack of fire and magma safety for vulnerable materials with high melting points
+- `dig-now`: fixed multi-layer channel designations only channeling every second layer
 
 ## Misc Improvements
+- `dig-now`: added handling of dig designations that have been converted into active jobs
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -66,7 +68,6 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - `autodump`: changed behaviour to only change ``dump`` and ``forbid`` flags if an item is successfully dumped.
 -@ `autochop`: generate default names for burrows with no assigned names
 - ``Buildings::StockpileIterator``: fix check for stockpile items on block boundary.
-- `dig-now`: fixed multi-layer channel designations only channeling every second layer
 - `tailor`: block making clothing sized for toads; make replacement clothing orders use the size of the wearer, not the size of the garment
 -@ `confirm`: fix fps drop when enabled
 - `channel-safely`: fix an out of bounds error regarding the REPORT event listener receiving (presumably) stale id's
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - `showmood`: now shows the number of items needed for cloth and bars in addition to the technically correct but always confusing "total dimension" (150 per bar or 10,000 per cloth)
 -@ Stopped mouse clicks from affecting the map when a click on a DFHack screen dismisses the window
 - `confirm`: configuration data is now persisted globally.
-- `dig-now`: added handling of dig designations that have been converted into active jobs
 - `tailor`: add support for adamantine cloth (off by default); improve logging
 
 ## API
diff --git a/plugins/dig-now.cpp b/plugins/dig-now.cpp
index e94cb41da..be431722b 100644
--- a/plugins/dig-now.cpp
+++ b/plugins/dig-now.cpp
@@ -81,13 +81,15 @@ private:
 public:
     void load(MapExtras::MapCache &map) {
         designations.clear();
+        DEBUG(general).print("DesignationJobs: reading jobs list\n");
         df::job_list_link* node = df::global::world->jobs.list.next;
         while (node) {
             df::job* job = node->item;
+            node = node->next;
+
             if(!job || !Maps::isValidTilePos(job->pos))
                 continue;
 
-            node = node->next;
             df::tile_designation td = map.designationAt(job->pos);
             df::tile_occupancy to = map.occupancyAt(job->pos);
             const auto ctd = td.whole;
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ public:
                 jobs.emplace(job->pos, job);
             }
         }
+        DEBUG(general).print("DesignationJobs: DONE reading jobs list\n");
     }
     void remove(const df::coord &pos) {
         if(jobs.count(pos)) {
@@ -731,9 +734,11 @@ static void do_dig(color_ostream &out, std::vector<DFCoord> &dug_coords,
     Random::MersenneRNG rng;
     DesignationJobs jobs;
 
+    DEBUG(general).print("do_dig(): starting..\n");
     jobs.load(map);
     rng.init();
 
+    DEBUG(general).print("do_dig(): reading map..\n");
     std::unordered_set<designation> buffer;
     // go down levels instead of up so stacked ramps behave as expected
     for (int16_t z = options.end.z; z >= options.start.z; --z) {
@@ -765,6 +770,7 @@ static void do_dig(color_ostream &out, std::vector<DFCoord> &dug_coords,
         }
     }
 
+    DEBUG(general).print("do_dig(): processing designations..\n");
     // process designations
     for(auto &d : buffer) {
         auto pos = d.pos;
@@ -812,6 +818,7 @@ static void do_dig(color_ostream &out, std::vector<DFCoord> &dug_coords,
         }
     }
 
+    DEBUG(general).print("do_dig(): write changes to map..\n");
     map.WriteAll();
 }