diff --git a/ggated/ggated.c b/ggated/ggated.c
index e516af0..badba44 100644
--- a/ggated/ggated.c
+++ b/ggated/ggated.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ connection_launch(struct ggd_connection *conn)
 		g_gate_log(LOG_ERR, "Cannot fork: %s.", strerror(errno));
 		return;
 	}
-	g_gate_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Process created [%s].", conn->c_path);
+	g_gate_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Process created [%s], pid: %d.", conn->c_path, getpid());
 
 	/*
 	 * Create condition variables and mutexes for in-queue and out-queue
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ disk_thread(void *arg)
 		/*
 		 * Check the request.
 		 */
-		assert(req->r_cmd == GGATE_CMD_READ || req->r_cmd == GGATE_CMD_WRITE);
+		assert(req->r_cmd == GGATE_CMD_READ || req->r_cmd == GGATE_CMD_WRITE || req->r_cmd == GGATE_CMD_DELETE || req->r_cmd == GGATE_CMD_FLUSH);
 		assert(req->r_offset + req->r_length <= (uintmax_t)conn->c_mediasize);
 		assert((req->r_offset % conn->c_sectorsize) == 0);
 		assert((req->r_length % conn->c_sectorsize) == 0);
@@ -747,6 +747,10 @@ disk_thread(void *arg)
 			free(req->r_data);
 			req->r_data = NULL;
 			break;
+		case GGATE_CMD_DELETE:
+		case GGATE_CMD_FLUSH:
+			/* do nothing for now */
+			break;
 		}
 		if (data != (ssize_t)req->r_length) {
 			/* Report short reads/writes as I/O errors. */