diff --git a/cicd_tests/do-build.sh b/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
index 834ed0aba2314b532f10a22620b6a0e63e8c84ca..1d0f58c41970376c3b6e1846d8908b47a95e438f 100755
--- a/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
+++ b/cicd_tests/do-build.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #/bin/bash 
 
 set -e
+set -x
 
 # gather info for debugging later, probably not necessary 
 pwd
diff --git a/cicd_tests/internal-tests.sh b/cicd_tests/internal-tests.sh
index 8a8f4f544f91ca902c2d61e640221ce3d9d86e84..7d4c8ee050d6e1d7557957eb2555874154c3b645 100755
--- a/cicd_tests/internal-tests.sh
+++ b/cicd_tests/internal-tests.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash 
 
 set -e
+set -x
 
 cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/peasoup_umbrella
 source set_env_vars
diff --git a/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh b/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
index 12d95562edecf8f235fe2209521bdc9467bd563d..af86bf8e4498ad6dea605d247760350fa8a526ad 100755
--- a/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
+++ b/cicd_tests/xform-cat.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/peasoup_umbrella
 
 set -e
+set -x
+
 source set_env_vars
 cd /tmp
 rm -rf cat.rida ped_cat; $PSZ $(which cat) ./cat.rida -c rida=on -s meds_static=off --tempdir ped_cat || true
diff --git a/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh b/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
index 9b52f61c0aa48d0ecb41421390b6c9fb9546200c..8a37160ea7a35466a4c29ce0b60518e36eb02ef0 100755
--- a/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
+++ b/cicd_tests/xform-ls.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
+set -x
 
 cd $CICD_MODULE_WORK_DIR/peasoup_umbrella
 source set_env_vars