diff --git a/tests-ng/update-ignore-relative.sh b/tests-ng/update-ignore-relative.sh
index d2302d5..3456284 100755
--- a/tests-ng/update-ignore-relative.sh
+++ b/tests-ng/update-ignore-relative.sh
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ cd ${ddpath} | ${bin} update -f -c ${cfg} --verbose --profile=p1 --key f_abc
 #tree ${dt}
 
 # check files haven't been updated
-grep 'b' ${dt}/a/c/acfile >/dev/null
-[ -e ${dt}/a/newfile ] && exit 1
+grep 'b' ${dt}/a/c/acfile >/dev/null || (echo "b not found" && exit 1)
+[ -e ${dt}/a/newfile ] && echo "new file does not exist" && exit 1
 
 ## CLEANING
 rm -rf ${tmps} ${tmpd}
diff --git a/tests.sh b/tests.sh
index d8c470c..ddd7e9e 100755
--- a/tests.sh
+++ b/tests.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ unset DOTDROP_FORCE_NODEBUG
   echo "doing extended tests"
   log=`mktemp`
   for scr in tests-ng/*.sh; do
+    echo "Running test ${scr}"
     if [ -z ${TRAVIS} ]; then
       ${scr} > "${log}" 2>&1 &
     else