diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index fc84cc0fe45ad11e1271773aafe62c55ed06fa44..13591c60d9f31a17b482d8fe8e4222bbbcddb60a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ before_build:
 - del "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Microsoft.Common.targets\ImportAfter\Xamarin.Common.targets"
 
 build_script:
-- cmd: ctest.exe -VV -S scripts/appveyor/av_default.cmake -Ddashboard_full=ON -DCTEST_BUILD_NAME=%APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_BRANCH%_%APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER%_msvc
+- cmd: dir
+- cmd: ctest.exe -VV -S scripts\appveyor\av_default.cmake -Ddashboard_full=ON -DCTEST_BUILD_NAME=%APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_HEAD_REPO_BRANCH%_%APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER%_msvc
diff --git a/scripts/appveyor/av_default.cmake b/scripts/appveyor/av_default.cmake
index 2e93b4579e91b679bf4ad99b29ad3dcecd0fe689..a6cee983472ffba651d4b4b0a3a9f30eedd50f1f 100644
--- a/scripts/appveyor/av_default.cmake
+++ b/scripts/appveyor/av_default.cmake
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ ADIOS2_USE_ZFP:STRING=OFF
 ADIOS2_USE_ZeroMQ:STRING=OFF
 ")
 
+message("Inside av_default.cmake, about to include adios_common")
+
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../dashboard/adios_common.cmake)
diff --git a/thirdparty/KWSys/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/KWSys/CMakeLists.txt
index 178a5d1633d73747b892d5d867c91ad9ac7f174f..d21965fd422229c37aaf8407194e9884fb8b693f 100644
--- a/thirdparty/KWSys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/KWSys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+message("TESTING MESSAGE PRINT FROM KWSYS")
+
 set(KWSYS_NAMESPACE adios2sys)
 set(KWSYS_USE_DynamicLoader ON)
 set(KWSYS_USE_RegularExpression ON)
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   message("TURNED OFF OBJECT LIBRARY")
   set(KWSYS_SPLIT_OBJECTS_FROM_INTERFACE OFF)
 else()
+  message("TURNED ON OBJECT LIBRARY")
   set(KWSYS_SPLIT_OBJECTS_FROM_INTERFACE ON)
 endif()