diff --git a/src/triage/component/architect/builders.py b/src/triage/component/architect/builders.py
index bd9cc9b95..1c5a9be94 100644
--- a/src/triage/component/architect/builders.py
+++ b/src/triage/component/architect/builders.py
@@ -588,10 +588,12 @@ def remove_unnecessary_files(self, filenames, path_, matrix_uuid):
         # deleting features and label csvs
         for filename_ in filenames:
            cmd_line = 'rm ' + filename_ 
+           logger.debug(f"removing files with command {cmd_line}")
            subprocess.run(cmd_line, shell=True)
 
         # deleting the merged csv
         cmd_line = 'rm ' + path_ + "/" + matrix_uuid + '.csv'
+        logger.debug(f"removing stitched csv with command {cmd_line}")
         subprocess.run(cmd_line, shell=True)
         
         
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diff --git a/src/triage/component/architect/utils.py b/src/triage/component/architect/utils.py
index c75b176e9..019abe19a 100644
--- a/src/triage/component/architect/utils.py
+++ b/src/triage/component/architect/utils.py
@@ -321,5 +321,6 @@ def generate_list_of_files_to_remove(filenames, matrix_uuid):
             # adding fixed files
             rm_files.append(prefix + "_fixed.csv")
 
+    logger.debug(f"Files to be removed {rm_files}")
     return rm_files