diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 938c0949e98f8515d604c06b3d47adfb13b2e874..d722deb8f37cdc899100de90c6d6cda5a7780a7f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pages-test:
 pages-master:
   stage: deploy
   script:
+    - echo "deploying to gitlab pages... "
     - echo "deploy to https://transfer.hft-stuttgart.de/pages/$CI_PROJECT_PATH/"
   artifacts:
     paths: