diff --git a/js/scripts/release.sh b/js/scripts/release.sh
index 8e90713cb..c08d92ca0 100755
--- a/js/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/release.sh
@@ -23,28 +23,37 @@ rm -rf ./.git
 git init
 
 # add local files and send it up
+echo "Setting up GitHub config for js-precompiled"
 setup_git_user
+
+echo "Checking out $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME branch"
 git remote add origin https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/ethcore/js-precompiled.git
 git fetch origin 2>$GITLOG
 git checkout -b $CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
+
+echo "Committing compiled files for $UTCDATE"
 git add .
 git commit -m "$UTCDATE"
+
+echo "Merging remote"
 git merge origin/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME -X ours --commit -m "$UTCDATE [release]"
 git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
 PRECOMPILED_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
+echo "Remote updated with [$PRECOMPILED_HASH]"
+
 # back to root
 popd
 
-# inti git with right origin
+echo "Setting up GitHub config for parity"
 setup_git_user
 git remote set-url origin https://${GITHUB_JS_PRECOMPILED}:@github.com/ethcore/parity.git
-
-# at this point we have a detached head on GitLab, reset
 git reset --hard origin/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG
 
-# bump js-precompiled, add, commit & push
+echo "Updating cargo package parity-ui-precompiled"
 cargo update -p parity-ui-precompiled --precise $PRECOMPILED_HASH
+
+echo "Committing updated files"
 git add . || true
 git commit -m "[ci skip] js-precompiled $UTCDATE"
 git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME 2>$GITLOG