diff --git a/.travis/deploy_script.sh b/.travis/deploy_script.sh
index 12156cf7..a526ada0 100755
--- a/.travis/deploy_script.sh
+++ b/.travis/deploy_script.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ if [ "$TRAVIS" = "true" ]; then
     # delete files in vendor that are rather large
     rm -rf vendor/willdurand/geocoder/tests
 
+    echo "Creating tar for version"
     php artisan version:show --format compact --suppress-app-name > VERSION
+    cat VERSION
 
     echo "creating tarball"
     cd /tmp