diff --git a/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py b/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py
index 42cea8923f52d36b46f0bbf51c4c92a6a9deecae..6c1a1b037d7980b81316e18faebb74ee4db702e6 100644
--- a/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py
+++ b/binarycpython/utils/HPC.py
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ class HPC(condor,slurm):
                 try:
                     # touch joiningfile
                     if grid_options['HPC_force_join'] == 0:
+                        print("touch joinfile")
                         pathlib.Path(joiningfile).touch(exist_ok=False)
                     try:
                         print("Calling HPC_join_from_files()")
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ class HPC(condor,slurm):
                     self.grid_options['do_analytics'] = False
                     return
                 except:
+                    print("pass")
                     pass
             else:
                 print("cannot join : other tasks are not yet finished\n")