diff --git a/packages/cron/src/jobs/pins-backup.js b/packages/cron/src/jobs/pins-backup.js
index 9c591ac324..146132c221 100644
--- a/packages/cron/src/jobs/pins-backup.js
+++ b/packages/cron/src/jobs/pins-backup.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class Backup {
     this.BLOCK_TIMEOUT = 1000 * 30 // timeout if we don't receive a block after 30s
     this.REPORT_INTERVAL = 1000 * 60 // log download progress every minute
     this.MAX_UPLOAD_DAG_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 32 // We don't limit in psa pin transfers in this case, but we still want to log if we have larger pin requests.
-    this.log = debug('backup:pins')
+    this.log = console.log
     this.env = env
     this.LIMIT = env.QUERY_LIMIT !== undefined ? env.QUERY_LIMIT : 10000
     this.GET_PINNED_PINS_QUERY = `
diff --git a/packages/cron/test/pins-backup.spec.js b/packages/cron/test/pins-backup.spec.js
index bf863cb433..2b74fcc917 100644
--- a/packages/cron/test/pins-backup.spec.js
+++ b/packages/cron/test/pins-backup.spec.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { CID } from 'multiformats'
 import { sha256 } from 'multiformats/hashes/sha2'
 import * as pb from '@ipld/dag-pb'
 
+process.env.DEBUG = 'backup:pins'
+
 const env = {
   ...process.env,
   DEBUG: 'backup:pins',
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ async function createDagsAndRequests (files, authKey, cluster, dbClient, {
   return fileContentMap
 }
 
-describe('cron - pins backup', () => {
+describe.only('cron - pins backup', () => {
   let user, userId, authKey, dbClient, cluster, backup, rwPg, roPg
 
   before(async () => {