diff --git a/tasks/config/user.js b/tasks/config/user.js
index ccc37c367..2fcd4ff0f 100644
--- a/tasks/config/user.js
+++ b/tasks/config/user.js
@@ -36,11 +36,15 @@ catch(error) {
 if(!userConfig) {
   // No semantic.json file use tasks/config/defaults.js
   console.error('Using default values for gulp');
+  console.log('start defaults' , defaults);
   userConfig = defaults;
+  console.log('end defaults' , defaults);
 }
 else {
   // extend defaults using shallow copy
+  console.log('start extend' , defaults);
   userConfig = extend(false, {}, defaults, userConfig);
+  console.log('end extend' , defaults);
 }
 
 
@@ -49,7 +53,9 @@ else {
 *******************************/
 
 // adds additional derived values to config
+console.log('start derived' , defaults);
 userConfig = config.addDerivedValues(userConfig);
+console.log('end derived' , defaults);
 
 
 /*******************************