diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9422a925c1600b72a4ff89aec9133575a94713c4..5b77325a173063c0d8f5ba6d7e2f6d558f8152cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ stages:
 febio-dl:
   image: amazon/aws-cli
   stage: pre-build
+  variables:
+    CI_DEBUG_TRACE: "true"
   script:
     - apk add --no-cache curl
     - 'cmd="aws s3 presign s3://$LTS_BUCKET/$LTS_FILE_KEY --endpoint-url $LTS_ENDPOINT --expires-in 600 --output text"'