diff --git a/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/lookup.py b/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/lookup.py
index 31d6b32610118cbeb991b904b32d03e5043204f7..5e5ca426c6ce85d745c167b773bf15f1f1efe9d1 100644
--- a/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/lookup.py
+++ b/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/lookup.py
@@ -588,5 +588,4 @@ def getLHCbGrid(platform):
             if platform.split('-')[1] == os_id:
                 log.warning('using %s instead', platform)
                 break
-
     return version, platform
diff --git a/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/script.py b/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/script.py
index 749856daa4f10e697d6b494d4a8ba8e928f19a09..b6e24e30081ee717a30f8055c876801108d56b11 100644
--- a/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/script.py
+++ b/LbConfiguration/python/LbConfiguration/SP2/script.py
@@ -459,13 +459,15 @@ class SP2(EnvConfig.Script):
         # set the environment XML search path
         env_path = []
         if self.opts.use_grid:
-            env_path.extend(getEnvXmlPath('LHCbGrid',
-                                          *getLHCbGrid(self.opts.platform)))
+            lhcbgrid_pv = getLHCbGrid(self.opts.platform)
+            self.log.info('using LHCbGrid/%s %s', *lhcbgrid_pv)
+            env_path.extend(getEnvXmlPath('LHCbGrid', *lhcbgrid_pv))
         for p, v in projects:
             if p == 'LCG':
                 continue
             if p:
                 v = expandVersionAlias(p, v, self.opts.platform)
+            self.log.info('using %s/%s %s', p, v, self.opts.platform)
             env_path.extend(getEnvXmlPath(p, v, self.opts.platform,
                                           self.allow_empty_version and
                                           p == self.project))
diff --git a/LbUtils/cmake/EnvConfig/Control.py b/LbUtils/cmake/EnvConfig/Control.py
index d0aaedc09b18bdf2c2c5b41f17f70b93eaad7a31..5ae0979bd6c0fe0d2f92d2d144135caeb90ba928 100644
--- a/LbUtils/cmake/EnvConfig/Control.py
+++ b/LbUtils/cmake/EnvConfig/Control.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class Environment(object):
         if fileName in self.loadedFiles:
             self.log.debug('ignore %s: already loaded', fileName)
             return # ignore recursion
-        self.log.debug('loading %s', fileName)
+        self.log.info('loading %s', fileName)
         self.loadedFiles.add(fileName)
         dot = self.variables['.']
         # push the previous value of ${.} onto the stack...
@@ -378,4 +378,3 @@ class Environment(object):
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.variables.keys())
-