diff --git a/mpcdf_common.py b/mpcdf_common.py
index 57e70f9e2750ff3d80a320b51ab0c91624bb7ca8..f3b5de0255a2fbca826cd9f5f4e3ba565878565e 100644
--- a/mpcdf_common.py
+++ b/mpcdf_common.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ def mpcdf_enable_repositories(api_url, project, package, verbose=False, filter_r
 
     new_pkg_meta = ElementTree.tostring(root, encoding=osc.core.ET_ENCODING)
     if pkg_meta != new_pkg_meta:
+        print("Updating repositories for", package)
         osc.core.edit_meta("pkg", (project, package), data=new_pkg_meta)
 
     return True
@@ -572,7 +573,6 @@ Macros:
 
             def work(packagelist):
                 for package in packagelist:
-                    print("Updating repositories for", package)
                     if not mpcdf_enable_repositories(api_url, project, package, filter_repos=filter_repos):
                         print("ATTENTION: Not changing unmanaged package {0}".format(package))