diff --git a/tile_gen/run.sh b/tile_gen/run.sh
index 6ba9317b7cc37c009d141c6e3e1225998863fee7..a0f987a7a62d241f4bb4bdc69cb322d01cc1e931 100755
--- a/tile_gen/run.sh
+++ b/tile_gen/run.sh
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ run_tile_gen() {
     out_dir="${dst_dir}/tiles/${satellite_id}/${instrument}/${data_type}"
     # if we are going to remap, separate the geotiffs and shapefile from unremapped
     if [[ ${TILE_ARGS} == *"--remap"* ]]; then
+        echo "Adding '_ll' prefix to tile output directory because of remapping"
         out_dir="${out_dir}_ll"
     fi
     mkdir -p ${out_dir}
     # add string formatting portion to separate add 'product' sub-directory
     out_dir="${out_dir}/{product}"
+    echo "Generating tiles in directory: ${out_dir}"
     python3 generate_tiles.py ${TILE_ARGS} -p ${G2G_PRODUCTS} -- ${out_dir} ${path}
     # OUT/<product>/<product>.shp
     glob_pattern="${out_dir}/*/*.shp"