diff --git a/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh b/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh
index 01fc792b..56c951bf 100755
--- a/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh
+++ b/dist/remote-builder/handleCaching.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@ if [ ! -z "$latestLibraryCacheFile" ]; then
   echo 'Unzipped library'
 fi
 
-echo "Checking cache for a cache match based on the combined large files hash ($lfsCacheFolder/$LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip)"
-
 if [ ! -v "$LFS_ASSETS_HASH" ]; then
+  echo "no LFS hash environment variable set this is meant to happen automatically (required for LFS caching)"
   LFS_ASSETS_HASH="noHashFound"
 fi
 
+echo "Checking cache for a cache match based on the combined large files hash ($lfsCacheFolder/$LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip)"
+
 if [ -f "$lfsCacheFolder/$LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip" ]; then
   echo "Match found: using large file hash match $LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip"
   latestLFSCacheFile="$LFS_ASSETS_HASH.zip"