diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4c4ce11b38376d04e7f52b19e04d1ae0deca7dd9..4f7c3fdaa28185d88363b6092306a35224a9e247 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ cache:
   
 
 before_install:
+  - echo $CXX
+  - echo $CC
   - if [ "$CXX" == "g++" ]; then export CXX=""; fi
   - if [ "$CC" == "gcc" ];  then export CXX=""; fi
+  - echo $CXX
+  - echo $CC
   
   - echo $LANG
   - echo $LC_ALL