diff --git a/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/ResourceIdParser.java b/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/ResourceIdParser.java
index 0e32fe559e..fe3769723b 100644
--- a/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/ResourceIdParser.java
+++ b/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/ResourceIdParser.java
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ public final class ResourceIdParser {
                     String key = keys[i];
                     String[] el = keys[i].split(NM_CHK);
                     if (el.length != 3) {
-                        throw new FailedException("Malformed event subject, cannot parse");
+                        throw new FailedException("Malformed event subject, cannot parse " +
+                                                  key + " in " + dpath);
                     }
                     try {
                     resBldr.addKeyLeaf(el[0], el[1], el[2]);
diff --git a/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/impl/DistributedDynamicConfigStore.java b/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/impl/DistributedDynamicConfigStore.java
index 8f1662ce25..18caf5f54e 100644
--- a/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/impl/DistributedDynamicConfigStore.java
+++ b/apps/config/src/main/java/org/onosproject/config/impl/DistributedDynamicConfigStore.java
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ public class DistributedDynamicConfigStore
                     //log.info("UNKNOWN operation in store");
                     type = UNKNOWN_OPRN;
             }
+            // FIXME don't use ResourceIdParser
             path = ResourceIdParser.getResId(event.path().pathElements());
             notifyDelegate(new DynamicConfigEvent(type, path));
         }