diff --git a/tractor/_actor.py b/tractor/_actor.py
index 201ed5f..22e3fe9 100644
--- a/tractor/_actor.py
+++ b/tractor/_actor.py
@@ -207,19 +207,23 @@ async def _invoke(
             # if not isinstance(err, trio.ClosedResourceError) and (
             # if not is_multi_cancelled(err) and (
 
+            entered_debug: bool = False
             if not isinstance(err, ContextCancelled) or (
                 isinstance(err, ContextCancelled) and ctx._cancel_called
             ):
                 # XXX: is there any case where we'll want to debug IPC
-                # disconnects? I can't think of a reason that inspecting
+                # disconnects as a default?
+                #
+                # I can't think of a reason that inspecting
                 # this type of failure will be useful for respawns or
                 # recovery logic - the only case is some kind of strange bug
-                # in `trio` itself?
-                await _debug._maybe_enter_pm(err)
+                # in our transport layer itself? Going to keep this
+                # open ended for now.
 
-                # entered = await _debug._maybe_enter_pm(err)
-                # if not entered:
-                #     log.exception("Actor crashed:")
+                entered_debug = await _debug._maybe_enter_pm(err)
+
+            if not entered_debug:
+                log.exception("Actor crashed:")
 
         # always ship errors back to caller
         err_msg = pack_error(err, tb=tb)