diff --git a/scripts/run_or_skip.sh b/scripts/run_or_skip.sh
index cb5a2ad4e7..6e11374404 100755
--- a/scripts/run_or_skip.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_or_skip.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Usage: ./run_or_skip.sh <Make target> <images>
 # Example: ./run_or_skip.sh lint-force "img1;img2"
 
-set -euox pipefail
+set -euo pipefail
 
 if [ -z "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
     echo "CACHE_DIR is not set. Please set it to a valid directory."
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ get_image_ids() {
 		local id=$(docker image inspect "$img" --format='{{.Id}}' 2>/dev/null || true)
 		if [[ -z $id ]]; then
 		  docker pull "$img" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-		  id="$(docker image inspect "$img" --format='{{.Id}}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+		  id=$(docker image inspect "$img" --format='{{.Id}}' 2>/dev/null || true)
     fi
     if [[ -z $id ]]; then
-		  id="$(docker image inspect "$img" --format='{{.Id}}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
+		  id=$(docker image inspect "$img" --format='{{.Id}}' 2>/dev/null || true)
     fi
 		id=${id:-new-and-not-pullable-or-failed-to-build}
 		id="${img}@${id}"
@@ -36,20 +36,28 @@ get_image_ids() {
 	echo "$ids"
 }
 
-OLD_DIGEST=$(cat "$DIGEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-OLD_STATUS=$(echo "$OLD_DIGEST" | cut -d ';' -f1)
-OLD_IDS=$(echo "$OLD_DIGEST" | cut -d ';' -f2-99)
-CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS=$(get_image_ids)
-docker images
-echo $CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS
-if [[ "$OLD_IDS" == "$CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS" ]]; then
+PREVIOUS_DIGEST=$(cat "$DIGEST_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+PREVIOUS_STATUS=$(echo "$PREVIOUS_DIGEST" | cut -d ';' -f1)
+PREVIOUS_IMAGE_IDS=$(echo "$PREVIOUS_DIGEST" | cut -d ';' -f2-99)
+CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS="$(get_image_ids)"
+  if [[ "$PREVIOUS_IMAGE_IDS" == "$CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS" ]]; then
     if [[ "$FORCE" == "true" ]]; then
         echo "\$FORCE=$FORCE - Running $MAKE_TARGET despite unchanged images."
     else
-        echo "Skipping $MAKE_TARGET – all images unchanged, returning cached status $OLD_STATUS"
-        exit $OLD_STATUS
+        echo "Skipping $MAKE_TARGET – all images unchanged, returning cached status $PREVIOUS_STATUS"
+        exit $PREVIOUS_STATUS
     fi
 fi
+echo "Images have changed"
+echo
+echo "PREVIOUS_IMAGE_IDS does not match CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS"
+echo
+echo "$PREVIOUS_IMAGE_IDS"
+echo
+echo "$CURRENT_IMAGE_IDS"
+echo
+docker images
+echo
 echo "Running $MAKE_TARGET..."
 set +e
 make -j $MAKE_TARGET