diff --git a/pyfpdb/Database.py b/pyfpdb/Database.py
index 8939d4b3..23fb02fb 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Database.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Database.py
@@ -1162,7 +1162,8 @@ class Database:
                 self.connection.set_isolation_level(0)   # allow table/index operations to work
             for idx in self.indexes[self.backend]:
                 if self.backend == self.MYSQL_INNODB:
-                    print "creating mysql index ", idx['tab'], idx['col']
+                    print "Creating mysql index %s %s" %(idx['tab'], idx['col'])
+                    log.debug("Creating sqlite index %s %s" %(idx['tab'], idx['col']))
                     try:
                         s = "create index %s on %s(%s)" % (idx['col'],idx['tab'],idx['col'])
                         self.get_cursor().execute(s)
@@ -1170,21 +1171,23 @@ class Database:
                         print "    create idx failed: " + str(sys.exc_info())
                 elif self.backend == self.PGSQL:
                     # mod to use tab_col for index name?
-                    print "creating pg index ", idx['tab'], idx['col']
+                    print "Creating pg index %s %s" %(idx['tab'], idx['col'])
+                    log.debug("Creating sqlite index %s %s" %(idx['tab'], idx['col']))
                     try:
                         s = "create index %s_%s_idx on %s(%s)" % (idx['tab'], idx['col'], idx['tab'], idx['col'])
                         self.get_cursor().execute(s)
                     except:
                         print "    create idx failed: " + str(sys.exc_info())
                 elif self.backend == self.SQLITE:
-                    log.debug("Creating sqlite index %s %s" % (idx['tab'], idx['col']))
+                    print "Creating sqlite index %s %s" %(idx['tab'], idx['col'])
+                    log.debug("Creating sqlite index %s %s" %(idx['tab'], idx['col']))
                     try:
                         s = "create index %s_%s_idx on %s(%s)" % (idx['tab'], idx['col'], idx['tab'], idx['col'])
                         self.get_cursor().execute(s)
                     except:
                         log.debug("Create idx failed: " + str(sys.exc_info()))
                 else:
-                    print "Only MySQL, Postgres and SQLite supported so far"
+                    print "Unknown database: MySQL, Postgres and SQLite supported"
                     return -1
             if self.backend == self.PGSQL:
                 self.connection.set_isolation_level(1)   # go back to normal isolation level
@@ -1215,8 +1218,15 @@ class Database:
                                                % (idx['tab'],idx['col']) )
                 except:
                     print "    drop idx failed: " + str(sys.exc_info())
+            elif self.backend == self.SQLITE:
+                print "Dropping sqlite index ", idx['tab'], idx['col']
+                try:
+                    self.get_cursor().execute( "drop index %s_%s_idx"
+                                               % (idx['tab'],idx['col']) )
+                except:
+                    print "    drop idx failed: " + str(sys.exc_info())
             else:
-                print "Only MySQL and Postgres supported so far"
+                print "Only MySQL, Postgres and SQLITE supported, what are you trying to use?"
                 return -1
         if self.backend == self.PGSQL:
             self.connection.set_isolation_level(1)   # go back to normal isolation level