diff --git a/hack/build-ui.sh b/hack/build-ui.sh
index b9da5c44235..cd6b202b75f 100755
--- a/hack/build-ui.sh
+++ b/hack/build-ui.sh
@@ -33,13 +33,19 @@ fi
 DATAFILE=pkg/ui/datafile.go
 TMP_DATAFILE=/tmp/datafile.go
 
+echo "running go-bindata"
 go-bindata -nocompress -o $DATAFILE -prefix ${PWD} -pkg ui www/...
+echo "ran go-bindata"
 
 cat hooks/boilerplate.go.txt > $TMP_DATAFILE
 echo "// generated by hack/build-ui.sh; DO NOT EDIT
 " >> $TMP_DATAFILE
 cat $DATAFILE >> $TMP_DATAFILE
 
+echo "file generated. gofmt ing it"
+
 gofmt -s -w $TMP_DATAFILE
 
 mv $TMP_DATAFILE $DATAFILE
+
+echo "script over. Moving the file from /tmp to /pkg/ui"