diff --git a/ci/testnet-sanity.sh b/ci/testnet-sanity.sh
index 77ff1648c..5489780eb 100755
--- a/ci/testnet-sanity.sh
+++ b/ci/testnet-sanity.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ netName=$1
 [[ -n $netName ]] || usage ""
 
 set -x
+echo --- gce.sh config
 net/gce.sh config -p "$netName"
 net/init-metrics.sh -e
+echo --- net.sh sanity
 net/net.sh sanity ${NO_LEDGER_VERIFY:+-o noLedgerVerify}
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh b/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh
index 057607fd7..1f21c2792 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-sanity.sh
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ if $ledgerVerify; then
     (
       set -x
       rm -rf /var/tmp/ledger-verify
-      cp -r $ledger /var/tmp/ledger-verify
-      $solana_ledger_tool --ledger /var/tmp/ledger-verify verify
+      du -hs "$ledger"
+      time cp -r "$ledger" /var/tmp/ledger-verify
+      time $solana_ledger_tool --ledger /var/tmp/ledger-verify verify
     )
   else
     echo "^^^ +++"