diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1010266..17bbfb6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ OPT_FLAGS?= $(addprefix -march=,$(MARCH)) -fgraphite -fopenmp -floop-parallelize
 CXX_OPT_FLAGS?= $(OPT_FLAGS) -felide-constructors
 
 CFLAGS   += $(COMMON_FLAGS) --std=gnu11
-CXXFLAGS += $(COMMON_FLAGS) --std=gnu++20 -fno-exceptions
+CXXFLAGS += $(COMMON_FLAGS) --std=gnu++20 #-fno-exceptions
 LDFLAGS  +=  
 
 STRIP=strip
diff --git a/src/cow.c b/src/cow.c
index f68052e..1127bcb 100644
--- a/src/cow.c
+++ b/src/cow.c
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 
 #define box(t) aligned_alloc(_Alignof(t), sizeof(t))
 
+#if defined(DEBUG) || defined(COW_TRACE)
+#define TRACE(msg, ...) (fprintf(stderr, "[TRACE] %s->%s %d: " msg "\n", __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__), (void)0)
+#else
+#define TRACE(msg, ...) ((void)0)
+#endif
+
 struct cow {
 	void* origin; // ptr to mapped memory. This *MUST* be the first field and have an offset of 0.
 
@@ -31,6 +37,7 @@ static __attribute__((noreturn)) __attribute__((noinline)) __attribute__((cold))
 static inline cow_t* box_value(cow_t v)
 {
 	cow_t* boxed = box(cow_t);
+	TRACE("boxing cow_t { origin = %p, fd = 0x%x, size = %lu } -> %p (%lu bytes)", v.origin, v.fd, v.size, (const void*)boxed, sizeof(cow_t));
 	*boxed = v;
 	return boxed;
 }
@@ -74,11 +81,13 @@ cow_t* cow_create(size_t size)
 	ret.origin = mmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, ret.fd, 0);
 	if(ret.origin == MAP_FAILED) die("cow_create:mmap");
 
+	TRACE("mapped new cow page of %lu size at %p (memfd %d)", size, ret.origin, ret.fd);
 	return box_value(ret);
 }
 
 void cow_free(cow_t* restrict cow)
 {
+	TRACE("unmapping %s cow of %lu size from %p (fd %d, real fd %d)", cow_is_fake(cow) ? "fake" : "and closing fd of origin", cow->size, cow->origin, cow->fd, cow_real_fd(cow));
 	munmap(cow->origin, cow->size);
 	if(!cow_is_fake(cow))
 		close(cow->fd);
@@ -94,5 +103,6 @@ cow_t* cow_clone(const cow_t* cow)
 	clone.fd = (~INT_MAX) | cow->fd;
 	clone.size = cow->size;
 
+	TRACE("mapped cloned cow page of %lu size from %p (%s) at %p (clone fd %d, parent fd %d, real fd %d)", clone.size, cow->origin, cow_is_fake(cow) ? "fake" : "origin", clone.origin, clone.fd, cow->fd, cow_real_fd(&clone));
 	return box_value(clone);
 }
diff --git a/src/cow.cpp b/src/cow.cpp
index a6cd5b8..af7ceb3 100644
--- a/src/cow.cpp
+++ b/src/cow.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Cow::_inner::_inner(cow_t* ptr) : ptr(ptr){}
 Cow::Cow(size_t size) : super(std::make_shared<_inner>(size)){}
 Cow::Cow(cow_t* raw) : super(std::make_shared<_inner>(raw)){}
 
-Cow::Cow(Cow&& m) : super(std::move(*const_cast<std::shared_ptr<_inner>*>(&super))){}
+Cow::Cow(Cow&& m) : super(std::move(*const_cast<std::shared_ptr<_inner>*>(&m.super))){}
 Cow::Cow(const Cow& c) : super(c.super){}
 Cow::~Cow(){}
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Cow::Fake Cow::clone() const { return Fake::from_real(*this); }
 cow_t* Cow::get_raw() const { return super->ptr; }
 
 Cow::Fake::Fake(const Cow& copy) : Cow(copy), fake(cow_clone(copy.super->ptr)){}
-Cow::Fake::Fake(const Fake& copy) : Fake(*static_cast<const Cow*>(&copy)){}
+Cow::Fake::Fake(const Fake& copy) : Cow(copy), fake(cow_clone(copy.fake)){}//Fake(*static_cast<const Cow*>(&copy)){}
 Cow::Fake::Fake(Fake&& move) : Cow(std::move(move)), fake(move.fake)
 {
 	*const_cast<cow_t**>(&move.fake) = nullptr;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Cow::Fake::~Fake() { if(fake) cow_free(fake); }
 
 Cow::Fake Cow::Fake::Fake::from_real(const Cow& real) { return Fake(real); }
 
-Cow::Fake Cow::Fake::clone() const { return Fake(*this); }
+Cow::Fake Cow::Fake::clone() const { return Fake(*static_cast<const Fake*>(this)); }
 cow_t* Cow::Fake::get_raw() const { return fake; }
 
 // Operators