diff --git a/tests/init.test b/tests/init.test
index 033dd35..5fa2ab2 100755
--- a/tests/init.test
+++ b/tests/init.test
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ set_ssh_keys_gcp_body() {
 	# TODO: need to figure out what to check
 	CLOUD="gcp" atf_check \
 		-o match:"chown.*/\.ssh" \
-		sh -c ". \"$lib\"; init__set_ssh_keys"
+		sh -c "set -x; . \"$lib\"; init__set_ssh_keys"
 	atf_check  -o match:"^ssh-ed25519 keydata" \
 		-o match:"^ssh-rsa foobar" \
 		cat home/alpine/.ssh/authorized_keys