diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9ff135298232..b0cf4766a6af 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
             # ability to query ECR images
             ecr_login
             set +eu
+            set -x
             # convert to json, run a python script, write out json (which is a readable as YAML)
             pip install PyYAML
             build-system/scripts/generate_circleci_config.py