diff --git a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
index 61b9c51f28a47fe8eaaca268cf56cebc3a485dd3..429f92bd292b4a03e3ba8f15f31a6ef5862950fd 100644
--- a/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/jug/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/spack-mirror                   \
  && status=0                                                            \
  && spack install -j64 --no-check-signature                             \
     || spack install -j64 --no-check-signature                          \
-    || spack install -j64 --no-check-signature                          \
+    || spack install -j64 --no-check-signature --show-log-on-error      \
     || status=$?                                                        \
  && spack mirror rm --scope site eic-spack                              \
  && [ -z "${CACHE_NUKE}" ]                                              \