diff --git a/src/tree/tree.c b/src/tree/tree.c
index 2ab45ed8efea14b7e598a4b9e7b41c720e81799e..c85a5044ed64a418fa1a61e6683d4f36f8073353 100644
--- a/src/tree/tree.c
+++ b/src/tree/tree.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,17 @@ top_kdtree_node_t* top_tree_generate_node(global_context_t* ctx, top_kdtree_t* t
  
 }
 
+void tree_print(global_context_t* ctx, top_kdtree_node_t* root)
+{
+	MPI_DB_PRINT("Node: \n\tsplit_dim %d \n\tdata %lf", root -> split_dim, root -> data);
+	MPI_DB_PRINT("\n\towner %d", root -> owner);
+	MPI_DB_PRINT("\n\tbox  ");
+	for(size_t d = 0; d < ctx -> dims; ++d) MPI_DB_PRINT("d%d:[%lf, %lf] ",(int)d, root -> lb_node_box[d], root -> lb_node_box[d]); 
+	MPI_DB_PRINT("\n");
+	if(root -> lch) tree_print(ctx, root -> lch);
+	if(root -> rch) tree_print(ctx, root -> rch);
+}
+
 void build_top_kdtree(global_context_t *ctx, pointset_t *og_pointset, top_kdtree_t *tree, int n_bins, float_t tolerance) 
 {
 	size_t tot_n_points = 0;