diff --git a/dist/setup.sh b/dist/setup.sh
index d17f4e1..6f27b27 100755
--- a/dist/setup.sh
+++ b/dist/setup.sh
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ configure() {
 
   if [[ ! ''$CONFIGURE_AS_USER == '' ]]; then
       user=$CONFIGURE_AS_USER
+      step "configure as user \"$CONFIGURE_AS_USER\""
   fi
 
   # configure features of cyphernode