diff --git a/nf_core/modules/lint/main_nf.py b/nf_core/modules/lint/main_nf.py
index dbc1bed737..54a69b113e 100644
--- a/nf_core/modules/lint/main_nf.py
+++ b/nf_core/modules/lint/main_nf.py
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ def check_process_section(self, lines, registry, fix_version, progress_bar):
             continue
         try:
             container_url = "https://" + urlunparse(url) if not url.scheme == "https" else urlunparse(url)
+            log.debug(f"Trying to connect to URL: {container_url}")
             response = requests.head(
                 container_url,
                 stream=True,
diff --git a/nf_core/pipelines/schema.py b/nf_core/pipelines/schema.py
index 37ba4feaf3..1f0b4d5e33 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipelines/schema.py
+++ b/nf_core/pipelines/schema.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def _update_validation_plugin_from_config(self) -> None:
             ]  # Help parameter should be ignored by default
             ignored_params_config = conf.get("validation.defaultIgnoreParams", [])
             if len(ignored_params_config) > 0:
+                log.debug(f"Ignoring parameters from config: {ignored_params_config}")
                 ignored_params.extend(ignored_params_config)
             self.ignored_params = ignored_params
             self.schema_draft = "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"