diff --git a/resources/extract-platform.sh b/resources/extract-platform.sh
index 205829ebb..f30c5c289 100755
--- a/resources/extract-platform.sh
+++ b/resources/extract-platform.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 # This script fetch the build.zip file and checksum file from builds.hedera.com and then extract it into HapiApp2 directory
 # Usage extract-platform <release-version>
 # e.g. extract-platform v0.42.5
+set -o pipefail
 
 readonly tag="${1}"
-if [ -z "${tag}" ]; then
+if [[ -z "${tag}" ]]; then
     echo "Release tag is required (e.g. v0.42.5)";
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -17,23 +18,31 @@ readonly BUILD_ZIP_FILE="${HEDERA_USER_HOME_DIR}/build-${tag}.zip"
 readonly BUILD_ZIP_URL="${HEDERA_BUILDS_URL}/node/software/${RELEASE_DIR}/build-${tag}.zip"
 readonly CHECKSUM_FILE="${HEDERA_USER_HOME_DIR}/build-${tag}.sha384"
 readonly CHECKSUM_URL="${HEDERA_BUILDS_URL}/node/software/${RELEASE_DIR}/build-${tag}.sha384"
+readonly LOG_FILE="${HAPI_DIR}/output/extract-platform.log"
+echo "extract-platform.sh: begin................................" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
 
 # download
-echo "Downloading ${BUILD_ZIP_URL}"
-[ -f "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}" ] || curl -sSf "${BUILD_ZIP_URL}" -o "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}"
-[ $? == 0 ] || exit 1
-echo "Downloading ${CHECKSUM_URL}"
-[ -f "${CHECKSUM_FILE}" ] || curl -sSf "${CHECKSUM_URL}" -o "${CHECKSUM_FILE}"
-[ $? == 0 ] || exit 1
-readonly sum="$(openssl dgst -sha384 "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}" | awk '{print $2}')"
-readonly expected_sum="$(awk '{print $1}' < "${CHECKSUM_FILE}")"
-if [ "${sum}" != "${expected_sum}" ]; then
-    echo "SHA sum of ${BUILD_ZIP_FILE} does not match. Aborting."
+echo "Downloading ${BUILD_ZIP_URL}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+[[ -f "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}" ]] || curl -sSf "${BUILD_ZIP_URL}" -o "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && exit 1
+echo "Downloading ${CHECKSUM_URL}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+[[ -f "${CHECKSUM_FILE}" ]] || curl -sSf "${CHECKSUM_URL}" -o "${CHECKSUM_FILE}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && exit 1
+cd ${HEDERA_USER_HOME_DIR}
+sha384sum -c ${CHECKSUM_FILE} | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "SHA sum of ${BUILD_ZIP_FILE} does not match. Aborting." | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
     exit 1
 fi
 
 # extract
-echo "Extracting ${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}"
-[[ -d "${HAPI_DIR}" ]] || mkdir -p "${HAPI_DIR}"
-cd "${HAPI_DIR}" && jar xvf "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}"
-[ $? == 0 ] || exit 1
+echo "Extracting ${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+[[ -d "${HAPI_DIR}" ]] || mkdir -p "${HAPI_DIR}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+echo "HAPI_DIR=${HAPI_DIR}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+cd ${HAPI_DIR}
+pwd | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+ls -al | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+jar xvf "${BUILD_ZIP_FILE}" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && echo "Failure occurred during decompress" && exit 1
+echo "................................end: extract-platform.sh" | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
+exit 0