diff --git a/cmake/podioTest.cmake b/cmake/podioTest.cmake
index 01aa86196..81c241f46 100644
--- a/cmake/podioTest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/podioTest.cmake
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ macro(PODIO_DOWNLOAD_LEGACY_INPUTS legacy_versions)
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE podio_test_input_data_dir
       RESULT_VARIABLE test_inputs_available
     )
+    message(STATUS ${podio_test_input_data_dir})
     if (NOT "${test_inputs_available}" STREQUAL "0")
       message(WARNING "Could not get test input files. Will skip some tests that depend on these")
       # Catch cases where the variable is cached but the file no longer exists
diff --git a/tests/scripts/get_test_inputs.sh b/tests/scripts/get_test_inputs.sh
index 42eed5295..07b308ec5 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/get_test_inputs.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/get_test_inputs.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ for version in $@; do
     cd ${PODIO_TEST_INPUT_DATA_DIR}
     mkdir ${version} && cd ${version}
     for fileName in example.root example_frame.root example.sio example_frame.sio; do
-        wget https://key4hep.web.cern.ch:443/testFiles/podio/${version}/${fileName} > /dev/null 2>&1
+        echo "Fetching "${fileName}" for version "${version}
+        if ! wget https://key4hep.web.cern.ch:443/testFiles/podio/${version}/${fileName} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Could not get file "${fileName}" for version "${version}
+            exit 1
+        fi
     done
 done