diff --git a/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh b/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
index 4eab2eca39ffb3b3e30386f742e8df5691d0fdaa..1c5a627fe76c36165117844aa51a9ede6b534b83 100644
--- a/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
+++ b/create_JupyterLab_kernel.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LAB_KERNEL_ROOT=$4
 
 # capture the empty env
 cd ~
+env
 env >> /tmp/before.txt
 
 # load spack