diff --git a/.github/workflows/io_gnu.yml b/.github/workflows/io_gnu.yml
index 6ca1ce9d3..90c169839 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/io_gnu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/io_gnu.yml
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ jobs:
           which ncdump
           cmake -DSWITCH=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/ww3/model/tests/data/switch.io -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS="-g -fprofile-abs-path -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -O0 -Wall -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address" -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-g -fprofile-abs-path -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage -O0 -Wall -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address" ..
           make -j2 VERBOSE=1
-          ls -l
           pwd
           ./bin/ww3_grid
           ls -l
+          ls -l model/test/data
           ctest --verbose --output-on-failure --rerun-failed
           gcovr --root .. -v  --html-details --exclude ../model/tests --exclude CMakeFiles --print-summary -o test-coverage.html &> /dev/null
         
diff --git a/model/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/model/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index d1949c2ce..336edc39d 100644
--- a/model/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/model/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Some very small test files may be committed to the repo. This
 # function copies such a data file to the build directory.
 function(copy_test_data name)
+  message(STATUS "Copying ${name} to ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
   file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/${name}"
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ endfunction()
 # Some very small test files may be committed to the repo. This
 # function copies such a data file to the build directory.
 function(copy_test_data_2 srcname destname)
+  message(STATUS "Copying ${srcname} to ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${destname}")
   file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/${srcname}"
     DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
     FILE_PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)