diff --git a/bin/hprtranscode.bash b/bin/hprtranscode.bash
index 79aa1fc..239a5b4 100755
--- a/bin/hprtranscode.bash
+++ b/bin/hprtranscode.bash
@@ -46,18 +46,21 @@ function create_tts_summary {
 show_type=""
 if [[ -f "${1}" && -n "${2}" ]]
 then
+  echo "DEBUG: Show type is local" 1>&2
   show_type="local"
   mediafile="${1}"
   media_dir="$( dirname "${mediafile}" )"
   ep_num="${2}"
   echo "The duration is \"$( \date -ud "1970-01-01 $( ffprobe -i "${mediafile}" 2>&1| awk -F ': |, ' '/Duration:/ { print $2 }' )" +%s )\"."
 else
+  echo "DEBUG: Show type is remote" 1>&2
   show_type="remote"
   response=$( curl --silent --netrc-file ${HOME}/.netrc "https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/cms/status.php" | \
   grep 'SHOW_POSTED' | \
   head -1 | \
   sed 's/,/ /g' )
 
+  echo "DEBUG: Getting server response" 1>&2
   if [ -z "${response}" ]
   then
     echo "INFO: There appear to be no more shows with the status \"SHOW_POSTED\"."
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ else
   media_dir="${processing_dir}/${timestamp_epoc}_${ep_num}_${ep_date}_${key}"
 fi
 
+echo "DEBUG: Checking variables" 1>&2
 if [ -z "${show_type}" ]
 then
   echo "sorry, variable \"show_type\" is not set."