diff --git a/indra/develop.py b/indra/develop.py
index 3040b312baa19cf11374659bb848747e50098e5d..05ad12f20e2b46a883e0633ced2330f435ff8d3e 100755
--- a/indra/develop.py
+++ b/indra/develop.py
@@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ def run(self, command, name=None, retry_on=None, retries=1):
         '''Run a program.  If the program fails, raise an exception.'''
         while retries:
             retries = retries - 1
+            print "develop.py tries to run:", command
             ret = os.system(command)
+            print "got ret", ret, "from", command
             if ret:
                 if name is None:
                     name = command.split(None, 1)[0]