diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e9e89d5a..2e4f0f64 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -151,10 +151,12 @@ variables:
     - TODAY_SECS=$(date -u +%s)
     - IMG_SECS=$(date -u --date="$IMG_DATE" +%s)
     - echo "today $TODAY_SECS, image $IMG_SECS"
+    - echo "image age $(($TODAY_SECS - $IMG_SECS))s"
 
     # check if image is less than a week old
     - test $(($IMG_SECS + 604800)) -gt $TODAY_SECS
 
+
     # export an artefact telling the next stage that the image is valid
     - touch .img_ready
   artifacts: