diff --git a/unit_tests/test_main.cpp b/unit_tests/test_main.cpp
index 8009e59d..49120ede 100644
--- a/unit_tests/test_main.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/test_main.cpp
@@ -16,23 +16,29 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::cerr << argv[0] << " (KokkosComm " << KOKKOSCOMM_VERSION_MAJOR << "." << KOKKOSCOMM_VERSION_MINOR << "." << KOKKOSCOMM_VERSION_PATCH << ")\n";
   }
   Kokkos::initialize();
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " did initialize()\n";
 
   // Intialize google test
   ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " did ::testing::InitGoogleTest()\n";
 
   // Add a test environment, which will initialize a test communicator
   // (a duplicate of MPI_COMM_WORLD)
   ::testing::AddGlobalTestEnvironment(new gtest_mpi::MPITestEnvironment());
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " did testing::AddGlobalTestEnvironment()\n";
 
   auto& test_listeners = ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners();
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " did ::testing::UnitTest::GetInstance()->listeners()\n";
 
   // Remove default listener and replace with the custom MPI listener
   delete test_listeners.Release(test_listeners.default_result_printer());
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " removed default listener\n";
   test_listeners.Append(new gtest_mpi::PrettyMPIUnitTestResultPrinter());
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " added MPI listener\n";
 
   // run tests
-
   auto exit_code = RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+  if (0 == rank) std::cerr << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << " ran tests\n";
 
   // Finalize MPI before exiting
   Kokkos::finalize();