diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index a3ae28b5d..ff491bbb9 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export CPPPATH="$INCLUDE_PATH"
 # unpack existing cache
 if [ -d $CACHE_STORE_DIR ]; then
 
+  echo "unpacking cache"
   TEMP_NODE_MODULES_DIR=$(mktmpdir node_modules)
 
   # move existing node_modules out of the way