diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e2e21343..1dc261ce 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 	GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from `VipsFormatVips' to 
 	`VipsOperation'
 
+        if( !(type = vips_type_find( "VipsOperation", "vips" )) )
+		return( NULL );
+
+  is finding VipsFormatVips
+
+  though VipsFormatVips is not a subclass of VipsOperation ?!?!?
+
+  vips_type_find() was always searching the whole of VipsObject and ignoring 
+  basename
+
+  changed it back, but what will this break? there was a reason we got rid of
+  subclass searching I forget what
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/init.c b/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
index 4b99cd41..915810e8 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/init.c
@@ -303,16 +303,15 @@ vips_shutdown( void )
 
 		vips_object_print_all();
 
-		vips_buf_appendf( &buf,
-			"tracked memory: %d allocations totalling %zd bytes\n",
+		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "memory: %d allocations, %zd bytes\n",
 			vips_tracked_get_allocs(),
 			vips_tracked_get_mem() );
-		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "tracked memory: high-water mark " );
+		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "memory: high-water mark " );
 		vips_buf_append_size( &buf, vips_tracked_get_mem_highwater() );
-		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "\ntracked files: %d open\n",
+		vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "\nfiles: %d open\n",
 			vips_tracked_get_files() );
 
-		printf( "%s", vips_buf_all( &buf ) );
+		fprintf( stderr, "%s", vips_buf_all( &buf ) );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/object.c b/libvips/iofuncs/object.c
index 6bf26935..ce83662e 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/object.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/object.c
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ vips_type_find( const char *basename, const char *nickname )
 {
 	VipsObjectClass *class;
 
-	if( !(class = vips_class_find( "VipsObject", nickname )) )
+	if( !(class = vips_class_find( basename, nickname )) )
 		return( 0 );
 
 	return( G_OBJECT_CLASS_TYPE( class ) );
@@ -1839,10 +1839,18 @@ vips_object_local_array( VipsObject *parent, int n )
 static void *
 vips_object_print_all_cb( VipsObject *object, int *n )
 {
-	printf( "%d) ", *n );
-	vips_object_print_name( object );
-	printf( "\n" );
-	vips_object_print( object );
+	VipsObjectClass *class = VIPS_OBJECT_GET_CLASS( object );
+
+	char str[32768];
+	VipsBuf buf = VIPS_BUF_STATIC( str );
+
+	fprintf( stderr, "%d) %s (%p)\n", 
+		*n, G_OBJECT_TYPE_NAME( object ), object );
+
+	class->print_class( class, &buf );
+	vips_buf_appendf( &buf, "\n" );
+	class->print( object, &buf );
+	fprintf( stderr, "%s\n", vips_buf_all( &buf ) );
 
 	*n += 1;
 
@@ -1856,7 +1864,7 @@ vips_object_print_all( void )
 		g_hash_table_size( vips__object_all ) > 0 ) {
 		int n;
 
-		printf( "%d objects alive:\n", 
+		fprintf( stderr, "%d objects alive:\n", 
 			g_hash_table_size( vips__object_all ) ); 
 
 		n = 0;