diff --git a/.github/workflows/esp-idf-v4.3-build.yml b/.github/workflows/esp-idf-v4.3-build.yml
index a1ca113a..10bf35b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/esp-idf-v4.3-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/esp-idf-v4.3-build.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ jobs:
         git update-index --chmod=+x ./components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb
         git update-index --chmod=+x ./components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/*.py
         git update-index --chmod=+x ./components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/*.py2
+        git update-index --chmod=+x ./components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/proto/*.py
+        
 
         cd server_certs;./getcert.sh;cat github.pem;cd ..
         shopt -s nocasematch
diff --git a/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/proto/__init__.py b/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/proto/__init__.py
index 29153d40..d2f44ebb 100644
--- a/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/proto/__init__.py
+++ b/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/proto/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ if os.path.isfile(protosrc):
 
             cmd.append("-I={}".format(_builtin_proto_include))
         try:
+            sys.stdout.write("Invoking:" + ' '.join(cmd) + "\n")
             invoke_protoc(argv=cmd)
         except:
+            sys.stdout.write("Failed to build nanopb_pb2.py: " + ' '.join(cmd) + "\n")
             sys.stderr.write("Failed to build nanopb_pb2.py: " + ' '.join(cmd) + "\n")
             raise
diff --git a/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc b/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc
index 4b1512d0..0c733f4a 100644
--- a/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc
+++ b/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc
@@ -7,22 +7,25 @@ from nanopb_generator import invoke_protoc
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Add argument so that protoc-gen-nanopb gets found
+    print("Getting path to protoc-gen-nanopb")
     if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
         mypath = os.path.dirname(sys.executable) # For pyInstaller
     else:
         mypath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-
+    print("Looking for executable file name")
     if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(mypath, "protoc-gen-nanopb.exe")):
         protoc_gen_nanopb = os.path.join(mypath, "protoc-gen-nanopb.exe")
     elif os.name == 'nt':
         protoc_gen_nanopb = os.path.join(mypath, "protoc-gen-nanopb.bat")
     else:
         protoc_gen_nanopb = os.path.join(mypath, "protoc-gen-nanopb")
-
+    print("Found executable file name: " + protoc_gen_nanopb)
     args = sys.argv[1:]
 
     if os.path.isfile(protoc_gen_nanopb):
          args = ['--plugin=protoc-gen-nanopb=%s' % protoc_gen_nanopb] + args
 
+    # print the command line that we are about to execute
+    print("invoking protoc with parameters: ".join(args))
     status = invoke_protoc(['protoc'] + args)
     sys.exit(status)
diff --git a/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb b/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb
index 471a620b..71ef4c78 100644
--- a/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb
+++ b/components/spotify/cspot/bell/nanopb/generator/protoc-gen-nanopb
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 # --plugin= on the command line.
 
 MYPATH=$(dirname "$0")
+echo "Executing $MYPATH/nanopb_generator.py "
 exec "$MYPATH/nanopb_generator.py" --protoc-plugin