diff --git a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
index 370ca80..3a1d09c 100755
--- a/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
+++ b/utils/ci/test_sdk_monitor.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 son-emu-cli compute stop -d datacenter1 -n vnf1
 
 # test if prometheus query worked
+echo $cpu_load
 if [[ $cpu_load =~ $regex ]] ; then
 	echo " cpu monitor test OK"
 	exit 0
 else
-	echo $cpu_load
 	echo "cpu monitor test not OK"
 	exit 1
 fi