diff --git a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-ci/05-ci.sh b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-ci/05-ci.sh
index 00812f63c..49ddf1548 100644
--- a/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-ci/05-ci.sh
+++ b/main/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-ci/05-ci.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ for f in /usr/libexec/pmos-tests-initramfs/*; do
 	fi
 done
 
+# FIXME: probably should be the initial loglevel.
+echo "==> re-enabling dmesg on console at loglevel 8"
 dmesg -n 8
 
 if [ $DID_FAIL -ne 0 ]; then