diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible_molecule_teststing.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible_molecule_teststing.yml
index b481004..00fbcdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible_molecule_teststing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible_molecule_teststing.yml
@@ -59,13 +59,15 @@ jobs:
           poetry --version || true
           ESC="$(printf "\033")"
           printf "Packages:\n%s\n \n" "$(poetry --ansi run pip list | sed -e "s/ /${ESC}[1;35m /g; s/$/${ESC}[0m/g")"
+      # Use 'debug' word in commit message to debug molecule testing, use debug v[1..6] to enable verbose logging.
       - name: Molecule test
         shell: bash
         run: |
           printf "[defaults]\nremote_tmp = /tmp/.ansible-\${USER}/tmp" > $HOME/.ansible.cfg
           cd roles/bareos
           DEBUG_OPT=$([[ "$COMMIT_MSG" =~ .(debug) ]] && echo "--debug")
-          VERB_OPT=$([[ "$COMMIT_MSG" =~ .(debug).v([1-6]) ]] && printf '-%*s' "${COMMIT_MSG/*debug v/}" | tr ' ' 'v')
+          VERB_OPT=$([[ "$COMMIT_MSG" =~ .(debug).v([1-6]) ]] && (printf "-" && printf "%*s" ${COMMIT_MSG/*debug v/} | \
+            tr ' ' 'v'))
           echo "DEBUG_OPT: $DEBUG_OPT"
           echo "VERB_OPT: $VERB_OPT"
           set -x