diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-install-osmatrix.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-install-osmatrix.yaml
index 07c3ee3a..3df94060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-install-osmatrix.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-install-osmatrix.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Run install.sh on ${{ matrix.os }}
         shell: bash
+        env:
+          DEBUG: "true"
         # just run install.sh b/c github can throttle itself based on egress limits and gets 503 sometimes
         run: |
           echo "Simulating: curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/$GITHUB_REF_NAME/install.sh | bash"
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 47c6fce5..673d2484 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ checkTagProvided() {
 checkLatestVersion() {
   local latest_release_url="$REPO_URL/releases/latest"
   if type "curl" > /dev/null; then
-    TAG=$(scurl -Ls -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} $latest_release_url | grep -oE "[^/]+$" )
+    if [[ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]]; then
+      echo "Fetching latest release URL: $latest_release_url"
+      TAG=$(scurl -Lvvv -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} $latest_release_url | grep -oE "[^/]+$" )
+    else
+      TAG=$(scurl -Ls -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} $latest_release_url | grep -oE "[^/]+$" )
+    fi
   elif type "wget" > /dev/null; then
     TAG=$(wget $latest_release_url --server-response -O /dev/null 2>&1 | awk '/^\s*Location: /{DEST=$2} END{ print DEST}' | grep -oE "[^/]+$")
   fi
@@ -121,7 +126,12 @@ downloadFile() {
   K3D_TMP_ROOT="$(mktemp -dt k3d-binary-XXXXXX)"
   K3D_TMP_FILE="$K3D_TMP_ROOT/$K3D_DIST"
   if type "curl" > /dev/null; then
-    scurl -sL "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$K3D_TMP_FILE"
+    if [[ "$DEBUG" == "true" ]]; then
+      echo "Downloading $DOWNLOAD_URL to $K3D_TMP_FILE"
+      scurl -L -vvv "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$K3D_TMP_FILE"
+    else
+      scurl -sL "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$K3D_TMP_FILE"
+    fi
   elif type "wget" > /dev/null; then
     wget -q -O "$K3D_TMP_FILE" "$DOWNLOAD_URL"
   fi