diff --git a/dis/gen.sh b/dis/gen.sh
index 6c52e9016355288f49eccefd971837d759525487..88bd97104f8ddc3062730b37aed6edcc9a30726d 100644
--- a/dis/gen.sh
+++ b/dis/gen.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ JUGGLER_FILE_NAME_TAG="dis"
 ## =============================================================================
 ## Step 1: Dummy event generator
 ## TODO better file name that encodes the actual configuration we're running
-
+echo "Compiling   dis/src/pythia_dis.cc ..."
 g++ dis/src/pythia_dis.cc -o pythia_dis  \
    -I/usr/local/include  \
    -O2 -std=c++11 -pedantic -W -Wall -Wshadow -fPIC  \
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]] ; then
   echo "ERROR compiling pythia"
   exit 1
 fi
+echo "done"
 
 ./pythia_dis
 if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]] ; then