diff --git a/DAMASK_prerequisites.sh b/DAMASK_prerequisites.sh
index 38c73fe7b..183cad106 100755
--- a/DAMASK_prerequisites.sh
+++ b/DAMASK_prerequisites.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 OUTFILE="system_report.txt"
+echo generating $OUTFILE
+
 echo date +"%m-%d-%y" >$OUTFILE
 
 # redirect STDOUT and STDERR to logfile