diff --git a/git-remote-k8s.sh b/git-remote-k8s.sh
index c9c198d..e774f09 100755
--- a/git-remote-k8s.sh
+++ b/git-remote-k8s.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ finalize() {
 }
 trap finalize INT TERM
 
+1>&2 echo "waiting for the job to start..."
 kubectl --context "$CONTEXT" wait job "${REPO}-gitc${RUNID}" --for jsonpath=.status.ready=1 1>&2
 (echo;cat) | kubectl --context "$CONTEXT" attach -i -q -n "$NS" "job/${REPO}-gitc${RUNID}"