diff --git a/db/curop.h b/db/curop.h
index e3b35619155..52853d119b8 100644
--- a/db/curop.h
+++ b/db/curop.h
@@ -32,13 +32,17 @@ namespace mongo {
         }
 
         BSONObj info() { 
+            AuthenticationInfo *ai = authInfo.get();
+            if( ai == 0 || !ai->isAuthorized("admin") ) { 
+                BSONObjBuilder b;
+                b.append("err", "unauthorized");
+                return b.obj();
+            }
+            return infoNoauth();
+        }
+        
+        BSONObj infoNoauth() {
             BSONObjBuilder b;
-            AuthenticationInfo *ai = authInfo.get();
-            if( ai == 0 || !ai->isAuthorized("admin") ) { 
-                b.append("err", "unauthorized");
-                return b.obj();
-            }
-
             b.append("opid", opNum);
             b.append("active", active);
             if( active ) 
diff --git a/db/db.cpp b/db/db.cpp
index 6dc705bd67b..2e4aee1abc4 100644
--- a/db/db.cpp
+++ b/db/db.cpp
@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ namespace mongo {
     }
 
     void abruptQuit(int x) {
+        ostringstream ossOp;
+        ossOp << "Last op: " << currentOp.infoNoauth() << endl;
+        rawOut( ossOp.str() );
         ostringstream oss;
         oss << "Got signal: " << x << ", printing backtrace:" << endl;
         printStackTrace( oss );
diff --git a/db/instance.cpp b/db/instance.cpp
index 1383a80733c..7d3b8de6949 100644
--- a/db/instance.cpp
+++ b/db/instance.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include "instance.h"
 #include "lasterror.h"
 #include "security.h"
-#include "curop.h"
 #include "json.h"
 #include "reccache.h"
 
@@ -614,7 +613,7 @@ namespace mongo {
         stringstream ss;
         ss << "dbexit: " << why << endl;
         rawOut( ss.str() );
-
+        
         stringstream ss2;
         flushOpLog( ss2 );
         rawOut( ss2.str() );
diff --git a/db/instance.h b/db/instance.h
index d8c441186ff..925cdb49ac3 100644
--- a/db/instance.h
+++ b/db/instance.h
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "../client/dbclient.h"
+#include "curop.h"
 #include "security.h"
 
 namespace mongo {
 
+    extern CurOp currentOp;
+    
 // turn on or off the oplog.* files which the db can generate.
 // these files are for diagnostic purposes and are unrelated to
 // local.oplog.$main used by replication.