diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index 52cdb191dce1412ffc97f4d3c2dc3f2fcbdf3041..af6963cca3c6215542b09e6e3f89ba0fd9a9da43 100755
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@
 # Wed 21 Sep 2016 13:08:05 CEST
 
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
-
+# look into possible cache folders
+run_cmd ls ${CONDA_FOLDER}/pkgs
+run_cmd ls /home/dev/.conda/pkgs
+run_cmd ls ${CONDA_ENVS_PATH}
+# look into possible cache folders
 run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda install -n root --yes --quiet conda=4 conda-build=3
+# look into possible cache folders
+run_cmd ls ${CONDA_FOLDER}/pkgs
+run_cmd ls /home/dev/.conda/pkgs
+run_cmd ls ${CONDA_ENVS_PATH}
+# look into possible cache folders
 run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
 run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda config --set show_channel_urls true
 run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda clean --lock
@@ -27,3 +36,8 @@ if [ -z "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" ]; then
 else
     run_cmd ${CONDA_FOLDER}/bin/conda build --override-channels -c ${CONDA_CHANNEL} -c defaults --python=${PYTHON_VERSION} conda
 fi
+# look into possible cache folders
+run_cmd ls ${CONDA_FOLDER}/pkgs
+run_cmd ls /home/dev/.conda/pkgs
+run_cmd ls ${CONDA_ENVS_PATH}
+# look into possible cache folders