diff --git a/examples/composition/composed-svc-daemon.c b/examples/composition/composed-svc-daemon.c
index 83e876322807ca582485ab06941176ded81109a6..ed13432448e38767a7798e4927e63eb2329a28a6 100644
--- a/examples/composition/composed-svc-daemon.c
+++ b/examples/composition/composed-svc-daemon.c
@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     svc = strtok(svc_list, ",");
     while(svc)
     {
-        if(strcmp(svc, "data-xfer"))
+        if(!strcmp(svc, "data-xfer"))
         {
             data_xfer_service_register(mid, *handler_pool, 0);
         }
-        else if(strcmp(svc, "delegator"))
+        else if(!strcmp(svc, "delegator"))
         {
             relay_addr_string = getenv("RELAY_ADDR");
             if(relay_addr_string)
diff --git a/examples/composition/delegator-service.c b/examples/composition/delegator-service.c
index dab28e4f48c5f7fea60e34e286d9b25121d2ba8e..ad165fd24c0a492ce814d52223c4164cebae4d45 100644
--- a/examples/composition/delegator-service.c
+++ b/examples/composition/delegator-service.c
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ int delegator_service_register(margo_instance_id mid, ABT_pool pool, uint32_t mp
     assert(hret == HG_SUCCESS);
     if(!flag)
     {
+        printf("DBG: registering client side data_xfer_read.\n");
         g_data_xfer_read_id = MERCURY_REGISTER(margo_get_class(mid), "data_xfer_read",
             data_xfer_read_in_t, data_xfer_read_out_t, NULL);
     }
     else
     {
+        printf("DBG: NOT registering client side data_xfer_read.\n");
         g_data_xfer_read_id = id;
     }