diff --git a/disk-deactivate/disk-deactivate b/disk-deactivate/disk-deactivate
index 6f65ad8..18ce974 100755
--- a/disk-deactivate/disk-deactivate
+++ b/disk-deactivate/disk-deactivate
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ set -efux
 # dependencies: jq util-linux lvm2 mdadm zfs
 disk=$(realpath "$1")
 
+echo printing partition table before deactivation
+lsblk -a -f -o +ID-LINK >/dev/stderr
 lsblk --output-all --json | jq -r --arg disk_to_clear "$disk" -f "$(dirname "$0")/disk-deactivate.jq"
+echo printing partition table after deactivation
+lsblk -a -f -o +ID-LINK >/dev/stderr