diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 08e2ae78a..3ce083f36 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -61,10 +61,16 @@ steps:
     image: ekidd/rust-musl-builder:1.47.0
     commands:
       - cargo build --release
+      - ls -la target/
+      - ls -la target/release/
+      - ls -la target/release/lemmy_server
 
   - name: run federation tests
     image: node:15-alpine3.12
     commands:
+      - ls -la target/
+      - ls -la target/release/
+      - ls -la target/release/lemmy_server
       - apk add bash curl postgresql-client
       - bash api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
       - cd api_tests/
diff --git a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
index e4a30d699..7a2c93221 100755
--- a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+++ b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ export LEMMY_CAPTCHA__ENABLED=false
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
 export RUST_LOG=debug
 
-ls -la target/release/lemmy_server
-
 echo "start alpha"
 LEMMY_HOSTNAME=lemmy-alpha:8541 \
   LEMMY_PORT=8541 \