diff --git a/bot/build.sh b/bot/build.sh
index 278b452e42..c53e3d835c 100755
--- a/bot/build.sh
+++ b/bot/build.sh
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ fi
 if [[ "${REPOSITORY}" == "riscv.eessi.io" ]]; then
     INSTALL_SCRIPT_ARGS+=("--skip-cuda-install")
 fi
+echo "DEBUG: repo: ${REPOSITORY}, ${INSTALL_SCRIPTS_ARGS[@]}"
 
 # make sure to use the same parent dir for storing tarballs of tmp
 PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR=${PWD}/previous_tmp
diff --git a/bot/test.sh b/bot/test.sh
index 820618b477..fb56bbb792 100755
--- a/bot/test.sh
+++ b/bot/test.sh
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ echo "bot/test.sh: LOAD_MODULES='${LOAD_MODULES}'"
 CONTAINER=$(cfg_get_value "repository" "container")
 export SINGULARITY_HOME="${PWD}:/eessi_bot_job"
 export SINGULARITY_TMPDIR="${JOB_STORAGE:-${PWD}}/singularity_tmpdir"
+echo "DEBUG: job storage: ${JOB_STORAGE}, sing tmpdir: ${SINGULARITY_TMPDIR}"
 mkdir -p ${SINGULARITY_TMPDIR}
 
 # load modules if LOAD_MODULES is not empty