diff --git a/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh b/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh
index c1d57ef25..0e2348880 100755
--- a/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh
+++ b/debian/extra/prepare-commit-package.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,16 @@ set -e
     UPSTREAM_VER=$(git describe --exclude "v0*" "$COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE" | sed -E -e 's/^v//' -e 's/-([0-9]+)-g([0-9a-f])/+git\1.\2/')
     echo "Computed package version ${UPSTREAM_VER}"
     git archive --format=tar "--prefix=monado_${UPSTREAM_VER}/" "${COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE}" | gzip -n > "../monado_${UPSTREAM_VER}.orig.tar.gz"
+
+    # Show hash of the orig.tar.gz for easy comparison
     sha256sum "../monado_${UPSTREAM_VER}.orig.tar.gz"
+
     dch --newversion "${UPSTREAM_VER}-${PKG_REVISION}" \
         --preserve \
         --force-distribution \
         --distribution bullseye \
-        --release \
         "Automated CI build of commit ${COMMIT_TO_PACKAGE}"
+
+    # Show changelog entry added
+    dpkg-parsechangelog --count 1
 )