diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 1da87c66f..ccd63aae4 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -599,5 +599,11 @@ func (a App) WriteRecipeVersion(version string) error {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	return os.WriteFile(a.Path, []byte(strings.Join(lines, "\n")), os.ModePerm)
+	if err := os.WriteFile(a.Path, []byte(strings.Join(lines, "\n")), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	log.Infof("version %s saved to %s.env", version, a.Domain)
+
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/git.go b/pkg/recipe/git.go
index 60b20c4f8..69067ad45 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/git.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/git.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func (r Recipe) Ensure(chaos bool, offline bool) error {
 		}
 	}
 	if r.Version != "" {
+		log.Debugf("ensuring version %s", r.Version)
 		if _, err := r.EnsureVersion(r.Version); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}