diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalBrowserTests b/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalBrowserTests
index 40e811c..4d122c7 100755
--- a/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalBrowserTests
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalBrowserTests
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ export DISPLAY=:99.0
 #
 echo "xwindows (xvfb) display: $DISPLAY"
 
-ls -la
-
 # Now we actually run the python3 based tests
 #
 echo ""
diff --git a/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalTests b/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalTests
index 9ad92a8..7a6eac0 100755
--- a/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalTests
+++ b/pdf2htmlEX/test/runLocalTests
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -ev
+
 # This bash script runs the (simple non-browser) tests
 
+ls -la
+
 python3 test_output.py