diff --git a/a3p-integration/scripts/generate-a3p-submissions.sh b/a3p-integration/scripts/generate-a3p-submissions.sh
index 527e1755429e..969a9eba286e 100755
--- a/a3p-integration/scripts/generate-a3p-submissions.sh
+++ b/a3p-integration/scripts/generate-a3p-submissions.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ueo pipefail
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd ${0%/*} && pwd -P )
+## cd prints its target, so without the redirect, we get two copies
+#SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd ${0%/*} > /dev/null && pwd -P )
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd ${0%/*} > /dev/null && pwd -P )
+echo "  " SCRIPT_DIR  is  $SCRIPT_DIR
 
 IFS=$'\n'
 
@@ -9,7 +12,9 @@ for proposal in ./proposals/?:*; do
   cd $proposal
   while read -r line; do
     IFS=' ' parts=( $line )
+    echo "  about to GENERATE " $proposal
     $SCRIPT_DIR/generate-a3p-submission.sh $proposal ${parts[@]}
+    echo "  finished GENERATING" $proposal
   done < <(jq -r < package.json '.agoricProposal["sdk-generate"][]')
   cd -
 done