diff --git a/piker/tsp/_anal.py b/piker/tsp/_anal.py
index 46bee231..14d34238 100644
--- a/piker/tsp/_anal.py
+++ b/piker/tsp/_anal.py
@@ -276,14 +276,41 @@ def get_null_segs(
         absi_zdiff: np.ndarray = np.diff(absi_zeros)
 
         if zero_t.size < 2:
-            try:
-                breakpoint()
-            except RuntimeError:
-                # XXX, if greenback not active from
-                # piker store ldshm cmd..
-                log.exception(
-                    "Can't debug single-sample null!\n"
-                )
+            idx: int = zero_t['index'][0]
+            idx_before: int = idx - 1
+            idx_after: int = idx + 1
+            index = frame['index']
+            before_cond = idx_before <= index
+            after_cond = index <= idx_after
+            bars: np.ndarray = frame[
+                before_cond
+                &
+                after_cond
+            ]
+            time: np.ndarray = bars['time']
+            from pendulum import (
+                from_timestamp,
+                Interval,
+            )
+            gap: Interval = (
+                from_timestamp(time[-1])
+                -
+                from_timestamp(time[0])
+            )
+            log.warning(
+                f'Single OHLCV-bar null-segment detected??\n'
+                f'gap -> {gap}\n'
+            )
+
+            # ^^XXX, if you want to debug the above bar-gap^^
+            # try:
+            #     breakpoint()
+            # except RuntimeError:
+            #     # XXX, if greenback not active from
+            #     # piker store ldshm cmd..
+            #     log.exception(
+            #         "Can't debug single-sample null!\n"
+            #     )
 
             return None