diff --git a/src/freedombone-base-email b/src/freedombone-base-email
index 51a4fa16..4dff569f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-base-email
+++ b/src/freedombone-base-email
@@ -1530,6 +1530,12 @@ function configure_gpg {
     gpg_dir=/home/$MY_USERNAME/.gnupg
 
     # if gpg keys directory was previously imported from usb
+    echo $"GPG keys imported: $GPG_KEYS_IMPORTED"
+    if [ -d $gpg_dir ]; then
+        echo $'GPG directory exists'
+    else
+        echo $"GPG directory $gpg_dir was not found"
+    fi
     if [[ $GPG_KEYS_IMPORTED == "yes" && -d $gpg_dir ]]; then
         echo $'GPG keys were imported'
         sed -i "s|keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net|keyserver $GPG_KEYSERVER|g" $gpg_dir/gpg.conf