diff --git a/tests/utils.ts b/tests/utils.ts
index a7a50447312..20a6b568b95 100644
--- a/tests/utils.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export function findProjectOutputDir(projectdir: string | undefined) {
     // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
     type = ((yaml as any).project as any).type;
   } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
     throw new Error("Failed to read quarto project YAML", error);
   }
   if (type === "book") {