diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ff58727d5..fb0f17030 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ before_script:
     fi
   - while [ $(awk "/$CI_PIPELINE_ID/{print NR}" $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue) != 1 ];
       do sleep 5m;
+      echo "next pipeline in queue has ID $(head -n 1 $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue)";
     done
   - source $DAMASKROOT/env/DAMASK.sh
   - cd $DAMASKROOT/PRIVATE/testing
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ checkout:
     - echo $CI_PIPELINE_ID >> $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue
     - while [ $(awk "/$CI_PIPELINE_ID/{print NR}" $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue) != 1 ];
         do sleep 5m;
-        echo "next pipeline $(head -n 1 $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue)";
+        echo "next pipeline in queue has ID $(head -n 1 $TESTROOT/GitLabCI.queue)";
       done
   script:
     - mkdir -p $DAMASKROOT