diff --git a/.ocamlformat b/.ocamlformat
index 9d647c5..9d82a26 100644
--- a/.ocamlformat
+++ b/.ocamlformat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 profile = default
-version = 0.24.1
\ No newline at end of file
+version = 0.25.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/tracedAtomic.ml b/src/tracedAtomic.ml
index dc7de29..fa8689f 100644
--- a/src/tracedAtomic.ml
+++ b/src/tracedAtomic.ml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ type _ Effect.t +=
   | FetchAndAdd : (int t * int) -> int Effect.t
 
 module IntSet = Set.Make (Int)
-
 module IntMap = Map.Make (Int)
 
 let _string_of_set s = IntSet.fold (fun y x -> string_of_int y ^ "," ^ x) s ""
@@ -193,11 +192,52 @@ type state_cell = {
   mutable backtrack : IntSet.t;
 }
 
-let num_runs = ref 0
+let num_states = ref 0
+let num_interleavings = ref 0
 
 (* we stash the current state in case a check fails and we need to log it *)
 let schedule_for_checks = ref []
 
+let var_name i =
+  match i with
+  | None -> ""
+  | Some i ->
+      let c = Char.chr (i + 96) in
+      Printf.sprintf "%c" c
+
+let print_execution_sequence () =
+  let highest_proc =
+    List.fold_left
+      (fun highest (curr_proc, _, _) ->
+        if curr_proc > highest then curr_proc else highest)
+      (-1) !schedule_for_checks
+  in
+
+  let bar =
+    List.init ((highest_proc * 20) + 20) (fun _ -> "-") |> String.concat ""
+  in
+  Printf.printf "\nsequence %d\n" !num_interleavings;
+  Printf.printf "%s\n" bar;
+  List.init (highest_proc + 1) (fun proc -> Printf.printf "P%d\t\t\t" proc)
+  |> ignore;
+  Printf.printf "\n%s\n" bar;
+
+  List.iter
+    (fun s ->
+      match s with
+      | last_run_proc, last_run_op, last_run_ptr ->
+          let last_run_ptr = var_name last_run_ptr in
+          let tabs =
+            List.init last_run_proc (fun _ -> "\t\t\t") |> String.concat ""
+          in
+          Printf.printf "%s%s %s\n" tabs
+            (atomic_op_str last_run_op)
+            last_run_ptr)
+    !schedule_for_checks;
+  Printf.printf "%s\n%!" bar
+
+let print_max_exec_seq = ref false
+
 let do_run init_func init_schedule =
   init_func ();
   (*set up run *)
@@ -214,6 +254,8 @@ let do_run init_func init_schedule =
     | [] ->
         if !finished_processes == num_processes then (
           tracing := false;
+          num_interleavings := !num_interleavings + 1;
+          if !print_max_exec_seq then print_execution_sequence ();
           !final_func ();
           tracing := true)
     | (process_id_to_run, next_op, next_ptr) :: schedule ->
@@ -231,8 +273,8 @@ let do_run init_func init_schedule =
   run_trace init_schedule ();
   finished_processes := 0;
   tracing := false;
-  num_runs := !num_runs + 1;
-  if !num_runs mod 1000 == 0 then Printf.printf "run: %d\n%!" !num_runs;
+  num_states := !num_states + 1;
+  if !num_states mod 1000 == 0 then Printf.printf "run: %d\n%!" !num_states;
   let procs =
     CCVector.mapi
       (fun i p -> { proc_id = i; op = p.next_op; obj_ptr = p.next_repr })
@@ -304,31 +346,26 @@ let check f =
   let tracing_at_start = !tracing in
   tracing := false;
   if not (f ()) then (
-    Printf.printf "Found assertion violation at run %d:\n" !num_runs;
-    List.iter
-      (fun s ->
-        match s with
-        | last_run_proc, last_run_op, last_run_ptr ->
-            let last_run_ptr =
-              Option.map string_of_int last_run_ptr |> Option.value ~default:""
-            in
-            Printf.printf "Process %d: %s %s\n" last_run_proc
-              (atomic_op_str last_run_op)
-              last_run_ptr)
-      !schedule_for_checks;
+    Printf.printf "Found assertion violation at run %d:\n" !num_interleavings;
+    print_execution_sequence ();
     assert false);
   tracing := tracing_at_start
 
 let reset_state () =
   finished_processes := 0;
   atomics_counter := 1;
-  num_runs := 0;
+  num_states := 0;
+  num_interleavings := 0;
   schedule_for_checks := [];
   CCVector.clear processes
 
-let trace func =
+let trace ?(print_interleavings = false) func =
+  print_max_exec_seq := print_interleavings;
   reset_state ();
   let empty_state = do_run func [ (0, Start, None) ] :: [] in
   let empty_clock = IntMap.empty in
   let empty_last_access = IntMap.empty in
-  explore func empty_state empty_clock empty_last_access
+  explore func empty_state empty_clock empty_last_access;
+  if print_interleavings then
+    Printf.printf "\nexplored %d maximal interleavings and %d states\n"
+      !num_interleavings !num_states
diff --git a/src/tracedAtomic.mli b/src/tracedAtomic.mli
index 4e0b8e3..1791bbf 100644
--- a/src/tracedAtomic.mli
+++ b/src/tracedAtomic.mli
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ val incr : int t -> unit
 val decr : int t -> unit
 (** [decr r] atomically decrements the value of [r] by [1]. *)
 
-val trace : (unit -> unit) -> unit
-(** start the simulation trace *)
+val trace : ?print_interleavings:bool -> (unit -> unit) -> unit
+(** start the simulation trace 
+
+    print_interleavings - print out explored interleavings
+*)
 
 val spawn : (unit -> unit) -> unit
 (** spawn [f] as a new 'thread' *)
diff --git a/tests/dune b/tests/dune
index 9d006d4..2564cdb 100644
--- a/tests/dune
+++ b/tests/dune
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@
  (name test_michael_scott_queue)
  (libraries dscheck alcotest)
  (modules test_michael_scott_queue michael_scott_queue))
+
+
+(test
+ (name test_trace)
+ (libraries dscheck alcotest)
+ (modules test_trace))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_trace.ml b/tests/test_trace.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ac4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_trace.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module Atomic = Dscheck.TracedAtomic
+
+let counter incr () =
+  let c1 = Atomic.make 0 in
+  let c2 = Atomic.make 0 in
+  Atomic.spawn (fun () -> incr c1);
+  Atomic.spawn (fun () ->
+      incr c1;
+      incr c2);
+
+  Atomic.final (fun () ->
+      Atomic.check (fun () -> Atomic.get c1 == 2 && Atomic.get c2 == 1))
+
+let test_safe_counter () =
+  Atomic.trace ~print_interleavings:true (counter Atomic.incr)
+
+let _ = test_safe_counter ()