diff --git a/api/Dockerfile b/api/Dockerfile
index 0bfe0a6..717dadd 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile
+++ b/api/Dockerfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
 # build couchbase wheel
 
-RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --root-user-action ignore couchbase
+RUN pip3 install --verbose --no-cache-dir --root-user-action ignore couchbase
 
 
 
diff --git a/api/api.py b/api/api.py
index 5fd9a5f..60239ec 100644
--- a/api/api.py
+++ b/api/api.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from time import sleep
 from fastapi import FastAPI,HTTPException
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from pytest import ExitCode
 import uvicorn
 
 
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ def check_env_vars():
     # we got everything, image is sane
 
 def api_shutdown():
+    logger.critical(f'sleeping for 10 seconds.')
     ppid = os.getppid()
     parent_process = psutil.Process(ppid)
     parent_process.kill()
-    sys.os.exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)