diff --git a/scripts/travis-test.sh b/scripts/travis-test.sh
index 900a6a97..b57fe3f7 100755
--- a/scripts/travis-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis-test.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ function travis_end {
 }
 
 function kill_kafka {
+    echo "killing kafka"
+    set -x
     ./kafka/bin/kafka-server-stop.sh || true
     ./kafka/bin/zookeeper-server-stop.sh || true
 }