diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
index 79515c05b..e6f7d8918 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend_tests.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           working-directory: ./spiffworkflow-frontend
           browser: chrome
+        env:
           # pass GitHub token to allow accurately detecting a build vs a re-run build
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           CYPRESS_SPIFFWORKFLOW_FRONTEND_AUTH_WITH_KEYCLOAK: "false"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up
index a737aaf23..04cff3aa5 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/bin/wait_for_server_to_be_up
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}/v1.
   attempts=$(( attempts + 1 ))
   sleep 1
 done
+echo "backend up"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak b/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak
index 6164a8f60..1002fb676 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/keycloak/bin/wait_for_keycloak
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set -o errtrace -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 max_attempts="${1:-100}"
 port="${2:-7002}"
 
-echo "waiting for backend to come up..."
+echo "waiting for keycloak to come up..."
 attempts=0
 while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration")" != "200" ]]; do
   if [[ "$attempts" -gt "$max_attempts" ]]; then
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}/rea
   attempts=$(( attempts + 1 ))
   sleep 1
 done
+echo "keycloak up"
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up b/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up
index 9a49bd440..6f16d9af4 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/bin/wait_for_frontend_to_be_up
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "http://localhost:${port}")"
   attempts=$(( attempts + 1 ))
   sleep 1
 done
+echo "frontend up"