diff --git a/build/generate_bundle.sh b/build/generate_bundle.sh
index 3145eba13..81ec44cff 100755
--- a/build/generate_bundle.sh
+++ b/build/generate_bundle.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-REL=$(dirname "$0")
+
+REL=$( $(dirname "$0")
+REL=$( readlink -f $(dirname "$0"))
 
 # shellcheck source=build/metadata.sh
 . "${REL}/metadata.sh"
@@ -22,9 +23,11 @@ generate_dockerfile() {
 generate_bundle() {
     REPLACE_REGEX="s#<<CREATED_DATE>>#${CREATED_DATE}#g;s#<<OPERATOR_IMAGE>>#${OPERATOR_IMAGE}#g;s#<<OPERATOR_TAG>>#${OPERATOR_TAG}#g;s#<<RELATED_IMAGE_PROMETHEUS_WEBHOOK_SNMP>>#${RELATED_IMAGE_PROMETHEUS_WEBHOOK_SNMP}#g;s#<<RELATED_IMAGE_PROMETHEUS_WEBHOOK_SNMP_TAG>>#${RELATED_IMAGE_PROMETHEUS_WEBHOOK_SNMP_TAG}#g;s#<<RELATED_IMAGE_OAUTH_PROXY>>#${RELATED_IMAGE_OAUTH_PROXY}#g;s#<<RELATED_IMAGE_OAUTH_PROXY_TAG>>#${RELATED_IMAGE_OAUTH_PROXY_TAG}#g;s#<<OPERATOR_BUNDLE_VERSION>>#${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_VERSION}#g;s#1.99.0#${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_VERSION}#g;s#<<OPERATOR_DOCUMENTATION_URL>>#${OPERATOR_DOCUMENTATION_URL}#g;s#<<BUNDLE_OLM_SKIP_RANGE_LOWER_BOUND>>#${BUNDLE_OLM_SKIP_RANGE_LOWER_BOUND}#g"
 
-    pushd "${REL}/../" > /dev/null 2>&1
-    ${OPERATOR_SDK} generate bundle --channels ${BUNDLE_CHANNELS} --default-channel ${BUNDLE_DEFAULT_CHANNEL} --manifests --metadata --version "${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_VERSION}" --output-dir "${WORKING_DIR}" > /dev/null 2>&1
-    popd > /dev/null 2>&1
+    echo ${OPERATOR_SDK}
+    ${OPERATOR_SDK} --version
+    pushd "${REL}/../" | tee -a /dev/null 2>&1
+    ${OPERATOR_SDK} generate bundle --channels ${BUNDLE_CHANNELS} --default-channel ${BUNDLE_DEFAULT_CHANNEL} --manifests --metadata --version "${OPERATOR_BUNDLE_VERSION}" --output-dir "${WORKING_DIR}" | tee -a /dev/null 2>&1
+    popd | tee -a /dev/null 2>&1
 
     sed -i -E "${REPLACE_REGEX}" "${WORKING_DIR}/manifests/${OPERATOR_NAME}.clusterserviceversion.yaml"
 }
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ copy_extra_metadata() {
     # purposes) does, and newer versions of opm (as used in both downstream and
     # upstream index image builds) also understands these files. Just copy them
     # into the bundle directory during building.
-    pushd "${REL}/../" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    pushd "${REL}/../" | tee -a /dev/null 2>&1
     cp -r ./deploy/olm-catalog/service-telemetry-operator/tests/ "${WORKING_DIR}"
     cp ./deploy/olm-catalog/service-telemetry-operator/metadata/properties.yaml "${WORKING_DIR}/metadata/"
 }