diff --git a/bootstrap-conda.sh b/bootstrap-conda.sh
index b8ec88ec227b31531556bc98a690356a9dd7c5d9..ac08f5cb1f9ee4cec06a96a014f85901d9fedc14 100755
--- a/bootstrap-conda.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-conda.sh
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ run_cmd() {
 
 # Clones the conda dev environment to use
 if [ ! -d ${PREFIX} ]; then
-  echo "[++] Bootstrapping (clone) conda installation at ${PREFIX}..."
+  echo "[++] Downloading environment list into file \`env.txt'..."
   pyver=$(echo ${PYTHON_VERSION} | tr -d '.')
-  run_cmd curl --silent https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.admin/raw/master/${ARCH}/devel-py${pyver}.txt > env.txt
+  curl --silent https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.admin/raw/master/${ARCH}/devel-py${pyver}.txt > env.txt
+  echo "[++] Bootstrapping conda installation at ${PREFIX}..."
   run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda create --prefix ${PREFIX} --file env.txt --yes
   run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda clean --lock
 else