diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 018f28c4fa6e4019d69f9fa58a256da3a5f085d6..88ec74e7e42417db1c2d1a67cb463b3276c943db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ human_dev:
   - GRCp=$(echo ${references} | grep -o ${refName}.* | cut -d '.' -f2)
   - GENCODE=$(echo ${references} | grep -o ${refName}.* | cut -d '.' -f3)
   - query=$(echo 'https://${referenceBase}/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Reference_Genome/Reference_Version=${GRCv}.${GRCp}/Annotation_Version=GENCODE%20${GENCODE}')
+  - echo 'https://${referenceBase}/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Reference_Genome/Reference_Version=${GRCv}.${GRCp}/Annotation_Version=GENCODE%20${GENCODE}'
   - curl --request GET ${query} > refQuery.json
   - refURL=$(python ./workflow/scripts/extractRefData.py --returnParam URL)
   - loc=$(dirname ${refURL})