diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b953a4ffa9..d8a306a312 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 before_script:
   - apt-get -q update -y
+  - echo " == Installing required packages"
   - apt-get -q install -y python python-requests python-magic
+  - echo " == Cloning fdroidserver"
   - test -d fdroidserver && rm -rf fdroidserver
   - git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git fdroidserver --depth=10
   - export PATH="$PATH:$PWD/fdroidserver"