diff --git a/regress/percent.sh b/regress/percent.sh
index d2ce7d4421dc..eadc064fe391 100644
--- a/regress/percent.sh
+++ b/regress/percent.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #	$OpenBSD: percent.sh,v 1.17 2023/03/27 03:56:50 dtucker Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
-
+set -x
 tid="percent expansions"
 
 if [ -x "/usr/xpg4/bin/id" ]; then
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ USERID=`id -u`
 HOST=`hostname | cut -f1 -d.`
 HOSTNAME=`hostname`
 HASH=""
+echo -n ~
 HOME=`echo -n ~`
+echo $HOME
 
 # Localcommand is evaluated after connection because %T is not available
 # until then.  Because of this we use a different method of exercising it,