diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index f4550e0..2e6fbd0 100644
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+++ b/index.html
@@ -636,7 +636,9 @@
                 }
 
                 // todo: this works, but we should be calculating the firmware hash from the file, and not giving the board what it already knows
+                console.log("setting firmware hash");
                 await rnode.setFirmwareHash(await rnode.getFirmwareHash());
+                console.log("setting firmware hash: done");
 
                 // wait a bit for eeprom writes to complete
                 await Utils.sleepMillis(5000);