diff --git a/bin/install-site.sh b/bin/install-site.sh
index c434076..77964ae 100755
--- a/bin/install-site.sh
+++ b/bin/install-site.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test_ec2() {
     # If we're not running on an EC2 instance, an empty body is returned
     # by this request:
     echo "Trying to curl..."
-    curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-hostname
+    curl -v http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-hostname
     echo -n "Testing for being on EC2... "
     EC2_HOSTNAME=`curl --max-time 10 -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-hostname`
     echo "got ${EC2_HOSTNAME}... ${DONE_MSG}"