diff --git a/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml b/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
index f24d0640..cf206e2d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/backgrounds/config.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ sim:backgrounds:
   stage: simulate
   script:
     - snakemake --cores 1 backgrounds_get
+    - ls -laR sim_output/
     - snakemake --cores 1 sim_output/$DETECTOR_CONFIG/beam_gas_{electron,proton}.edm4hep.root
+    - ls -laR sim_output/
 
 bench:backgrounds_emcal_backwards:
   extends: .det_benchmark
@@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ bench:backgrounds_emcal_backwards:
   script:
     - export PYTHONUSERBASE=$LOCAL_DATA_PATH/deps
     - pip install -r benchmarks/backgrounds/requirements.txt
+    - ls -laR sim_output/
     - snakemake --cores 1 backgrounds_ecal_backwards
+    - ls -laR sim_output/
 
 collect_results:backgrounds:
   extends: .det_benchmark