diff --git a/direnv-cache b/direnv-cache
index 945de3d..5cb6bee 100755
--- a/direnv-cache
+++ b/direnv-cache
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ case $cmd in
         if [[ -n $DIRENV_DIR ]]; then
             # run self in clean environment (i.e. outside of the current direnv
             # environment)
+            echo "Switching to clean environment"
             exec direnv exec /proc "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" "$@"
         fi
         echo "Re-creating cache"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ case $cmd in
         dumpEnv > "${cacheFile}.pre"
         source <(direnv stdlib)
         if [[ .envrc -nt ${cacheFile}.recipe ]]; then
+            echo "Re-creating recipe"
             direnv exec . true > /dev/null
         fi
         source "${cacheFile}.recipe"