diff --git a/source/main.cpp b/source/main.cpp
index 0ef8f6e..50fc926 100644
--- a/source/main.cpp
+++ b/source/main.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@ WUMS_INITIALIZE(){
 
     MemoryMapping::setupMemoryMapping();
     MemoryMapping::CreateHeaps();
+    DEBUG_FUNCTION_LINE("total free space %d KiB", MemoryMapping::GetFreeSpace()/1024);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    WHBLogUdpInit();
     MemoryMapping::DestroyHeaps();
     MemoryMapping::CreateHeaps();
+    DEBUG_FUNCTION_LINE("total free space %d KiB", MemoryMapping::GetFreeSpace()/1024);
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/memory_mapping.cpp b/source/memory_mapping.cpp
index 2442742..bbd6113 100644
--- a/source/memory_mapping.cpp
+++ b/source/memory_mapping.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,19 @@ void MemoryMapping::free(void* ptr){
     }
 }
 
+uint32_t MemoryMapping::GetFreeSpace() {
+    uint32_t res = 0;
+    for(int32_t i = 0; /* waiting for a break */; i++) {
+        if(mem_mapping[i].physical_addresses == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+        uint32_t curRes = MEMGetTotalFreeSizeForExpHeap((MEMHeapHandle) mem_mapping[i].effective_start_address);
+        DEBUG_FUNCTION_LINE("heap at %08X MEMGetTotalFreeSizeForExpHeap: %d KiB",mem_mapping[i].effective_start_address, curRes/1024 );
+        res+=curRes;
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 void MemoryMapping::CreateHeaps() {
     for (int32_t i = 0; /* waiting for a break */; i++) {
         if (mem_mapping[i].physical_addresses == NULL) {
diff --git a/source/memory_mapping.h b/source/memory_mapping.h
index deb7890..a176200 100644
--- a/source/memory_mapping.h
+++ b/source/memory_mapping.h
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ public:
 
     static void setupMemoryMapping();
 
+    static uint32_t GetFreeSpace();
+
     static void CreateHeaps();
 
     static void DestroyHeaps();