diff --git a/etherdump/commands/pull.py b/etherdump/commands/pull.py
index 0655f28..c6f1d4f 100644
--- a/etherdump/commands/pull.py
+++ b/etherdump/commands/pull.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def main (args):
                 pass
 
         text = getjson(info['localapiurl']+'getText?'+urlencode(data))
+        print ("Checking for NOPUBLISH {}".format(args.nopublish), file=sys.stderr)
         ##########################################
         ## ENFORCE __NOPUBLISH__ MAGIC WORD
         ##########################################