diff --git a/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.cxx b/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.cxx
index 5d6720ac..4d9df510 100644
--- a/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.cxx
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ FairMQMap ptreeToMQMap(const boost::property_tree::ptree& pt, const string& id,
 {
     // Create fair mq map
     FairMQMap channelMap;
-    // helper::PrintDeviceList(pt.get_child(rootNode));
+    //Helper::PrintPropertyTree(pt);
+    //Helper::PrintDeviceList(pt.get_child(rootNode), formatFlag);
     // Extract value from boost::property_tree
     Helper::DeviceParser(pt.get_child(rootNode), channelMap, id, formatFlag);
 
@@ -433,6 +434,14 @@ void SocketParser(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, vector<FairMQChannel>
     }
 }
 
+void PrintPropertyTree(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, int level)
+{
+  for (const auto& p : tree) {
+    std::cout << std::setw(level+1) << level << ": " << p.first << " " << p.second.get_value<string>() << std::endl;
+    PrintPropertyTree(p.second.get_child(""), level + 1);
+  }
+}
+
 } // Helper namespace
 
 } // FairMQParser namespace
diff --git a/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.h b/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.h
index 7b17212d..575946be 100644
--- a/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.h
+++ b/fairmq/options/FairMQParser.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ void PrintDeviceList(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, const std::string&
 void DeviceParser(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, FairMQMap& channelMap, const std::string& deviceId, const std::string& formatFlag);
 void ChannelParser(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, FairMQMap& channelMap, const std::string& formatFlag);
 void SocketParser(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, std::vector<FairMQChannel>& channelList, const std::string& channelName, const FairMQChannel& commonChannel);
+void PrintPropertyTree(const boost::property_tree::ptree& tree, int level = 0);
 
 } // Helper namespace