diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a877957e341d2c1fe778ffc403f4f32c7b0557c5..fab32de802688d69373a1c1eaf8b62ca6e75aedf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ before_script:
 python_3:
     script:
         - source /setup.sh
+        - echo $PYTHONIOENCODING
         - kat -v
         - which python3
         - python3 --version
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ python_3:
 python_2:
     script:
         - source /setup.sh
+        - echo $PYTHONIOENCODING
         - kat -v
         - which python2.7
         - python2.7 --version