diff --git a/fsl/data/image.py b/fsl/data/image.py
index e1a839dc0b2039af959322074a02f464acea7739..5e8df119357b397374a32e7692b7be7f2de7ee86 100644
--- a/fsl/data/image.py
+++ b/fsl/data/image.py
@@ -190,8 +190,28 @@ class Image(props.HasProperties):
         be called if the ``loadData`` parameter passed to :meth:`__init__`
         was ``False``.
         """
-        self.data = self.nibImage.get_data()
-        self.data.flags.writeable = False
+        
+        data = self.nibImage.get_data()
+
+        # Squeeze out empty dimensions, as
+        # 3D image can sometimes be listed
+        # as having 4 or more dimensions
+        shape = data.shape
+        
+        for i in reversed(range(len(shape))):
+            if shape[i - 1] == 1:
+                data = data.squeeze(axis=i - 1)
+
+        data.flags.writeable = False
+
+        log.debug('Loaded image data ({}) - original '
+                  'shape {}, squeezed shape {}'.format(
+                      self.name,
+                      shape,
+                      data.shape))
+
+        self.data = data
+
         
         
     def applyChange(self, offset, newVals, vol=None):
diff --git a/fsl/fslview/gl/textures.py b/fsl/fslview/gl/textures.py
index ee84237ad9ffb5d9b699833d1988200de7c6f054..9737c2aafb0d8472dfe5787f9b26a826a1f32c0e 100644
--- a/fsl/fslview/gl/textures.py
+++ b/fsl/fslview/gl/textures.py
@@ -354,6 +354,49 @@ class ImageTexture(object):
 
         voxValXform = transform.scaleOffsetXform(scale, offset)
 
+        if log.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG:
+
+            if   texDtype == gl.GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE:
+                sTexDtype = 'GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE'
+            elif texDtype == gl.GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT:
+                sTexDtype = 'GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT' 
+            
+            if   texFmt == gl.GL_LUMINANCE:
+                sTexFmt = 'GL_LUMINANCE'
+            elif texFmt == gl.GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA:
+                sTexFmt = 'GL_LUMINANCE_ALPHA'
+            elif texFmt == gl.GL_RGB:
+                sTexFmt = 'GL_RGB'
+            elif texFmt == gl.GL_RGBA:
+                sTexFmt = 'GL_RGBA'
+                
+            if   intFmt == gl.GL_LUMINANCE8:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_LUMINANCE8'
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_LUMINANCE16:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_LUMINANCE16' 
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_LUMINANCE8_ALPHA8:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_LUMINANCE8_ALPHA8'
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_LUMINANCE16_ALPHA16:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_LUMINANCE16_ALPHA16'
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_RGB8:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_RGB8'
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_RGB16:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_RGB16'
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_RGBA8:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_RGBA8'
+            elif intFmt == gl.GL_RGBA16:
+                sIntFmt = 'GL_RGBA16' 
+            
+            log.debug('Image texture ({}) is to be stored as {}/{}/{} '
+                      '(normalised: {} -  scale {}, offset {})'.format(
+                          self.image,
+                          sTexDtype,
+                          sTexFmt,
+                          sIntFmt,
+                          self.normalise,
+                          scale,
+                          offset))
+
         return texFmt, intFmt, texDtype, voxValXform