diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 38eff8a..1aec68b 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 COMMIT_MSG="Update NixOS config."
 echo "commit message?"
 read $COMMIT_MSG
+
+echo "this is what they wrote: $COMMIT_MSG"
+
 git add .
 git commit -m "$COMMIT_MSG"
 git push origin main