diff --git a/templates/common/compress.py b/templates/common/compress.py
index 996370c2f14f7443200b88b8ae04f825d0603893..bfb40a521e5c088b298b5c064ca7e276bfd7133c 100644
--- a/templates/common/compress.py
+++ b/templates/common/compress.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import glob
 import logging
 
 # Set logging level to info.
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logger = logging.getLogger("compress")
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
@@ -25,11 +26,14 @@ def compress_outputs():
     # Get a list of file names:
     output_file_names = [RUNDIR / f for f in output_file_names.split(" ") if f.strip()]
 
+    logger.info(f"File patterns: {output_file_names}")
     output_files = []
     for file_pattern in output_file_names:
         output_files.extend(glob.glob(file_pattern.as_posix()))
 
+
     output_files = [Path(f) for f in output_files]
+    logger.info(f"Output files: {output_files}")
 
     if not output_files:
         logger.warning("The list of files is empty!")