diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 315b247c8a3bbc816bc4328e1bf473c35f73e2c3..d6ed1d45d0977c0003620a7888ab574e66f04015 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ prep-deploy:
            export prod_instance_id=$(openstack floating ip show $prod_floating_ip -c port_details -f value | awk -F', ' '{print $2}' | awk -F"'" '{print $2}')
            export prod_volume=$(openstack server show $prod_instance_id -c volumes_attached -f value | awk -F"'" '{print $4}')
            echo "Detaching prod_volume=${prod_volume} from prod_instance_id=${prod_instance_id} and creating a snapshot"
-           openstack server stop $prod_instance_id
+           openstack server stop $prod_instance_id && openstack server show $prod_instance_id 
            openstack server remove volume $prod_instance_id $prod_volume
            openstack volume snapshot create --volume $prod_volume xdmod-prod-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE