diff --git a/mpsd-software-environment.py b/mpsd-software-environment.py
index 3f047631c3c7b67a8d8cf6b2da3c4072741d3dee..acbadeaa2c003a40e33fce397045132f5d5574df 100755
--- a/mpsd-software-environment.py
+++ b/mpsd-software-environment.py
@@ -463,7 +463,9 @@ def run(*args, counter=[0], **kwargs):
     options = ", ".join([f"{key}={value}" for key, value in kwargs.items()])
 
     # provide information about upcoming subprocess.run call
-    logging.info(f"{token} Starting subprocess.run('{command}') with options {options}")
+    logging.debug(
+        f"{token} Starting subprocess.run('{command}') with options {options}"
+    )
     logging.debug(f"""{token}   getcwd={os.getcwd()}""")
     logging.debug(f"""{token}   subprocess.run("{arg}")""")
 
@@ -696,6 +698,8 @@ def prepare_environment(mpsd_release: str, root_dir: Path) -> List[str]:
     available_toolchains : list
         A list of available toolchains for the given MPSD release.
     """
+    logging.info(f"Preparing {mpsd_release=}")
+
     # Creates the directory structure for the specified release and clone the
     # Spack environments repository if it doesn't exist: