diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 3833fe1da..eff6ad80c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish nightly version to NPM
         if: steps.check_changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
-        run: COLOR=1 NPM_VERSION=nightly ./make.sh js
+        run: |
+          echo "Debug: About to set NPM_VERSION=nightly"
+          export NPM_VERSION=nightly
+          env | grep NPM_ || echo "No NPM variables found!"
+          echo "Debug: Running make.sh with NPM_VERSION=$NPM_VERSION"
+          COLOR=1 ./make.sh js
         env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets._GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 346e9649a..eace103df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ race: fmt
 	prefix "$@" ./ci/test.sh --race ./...
 .PHONY: js
 js: gen
+	echo "DEBUG: Root Makefile NPM_VERSION=${NPM_VERSION:-not set}"
 	cd d2js/js && NPM_VERSION="${NPM_VERSION}" prefix "$@" ./make.sh all
diff --git a/d2js/js/ci/build.sh b/d2js/js/ci/build.sh
index 87a692196..00948fb9c 100755
--- a/d2js/js/ci/build.sh
+++ b/d2js/js/ci/build.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ fi
 cd d2js/js
 sh_c bun build.js
 
+echo "DEBUG: build.sh received NPM_VERSION=${NPM_VERSION:-not set}"
 if [ -n "${NPM_VERSION:-}" ]; then
   cp package.json package.json.bak
   trap 'rm -f .npmrc; mv package.json.bak package.json' EXIT
diff --git a/d2js/js/make.sh b/d2js/js/make.sh
index 318dff2e0..d6f508cba 100755
--- a/d2js/js/make.sh
+++ b/d2js/js/make.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fi
 PATH="$(cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../../ci/sub/bin:$PATH"
 cd -- "$(dirname "$0")"
 
+echo "DEBUG: d2js/js/make.sh received NPM_VERSION=${NPM_VERSION:-not set}"
 if ! command -v bun >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   if [ -n "${CI-}" ]; then
     echo "Bun is not installed. Installing Bun..."