diff --git a/source/codegen/validate_examples.py b/source/codegen/validate_examples.py
index 461ef7c15..341288b84 100644
--- a/source/codegen/validate_examples.py
+++ b/source/codegen/validate_examples.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def _validate_examples(
 
         proto_files_str = str.join(" ", [file.name for file in proto_dir.glob("*.proto")])
 
+        _system(rf"ls examples_dir")
         _system(rf"cp examples_dir/pyproject.toml {staging_dir}")
         _system("poetry install")