diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 22c36ae..0b35f1e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ addons:
     - dnsutils
     - jsonlint
 before_install:
-  - if ! git diff --name-only $TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE | grep -qvE '(.md)|(.pem)|(.pdf)|(.html)|^(LICENSE)|^(docs)|^(utils)|^(bin)|(Dockerfile)'
+  - |
+    echo "Checking if a CI run is needed post commit: ${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE}"
+    if ! git diff --name-only ${TRAVIS_COMMIT_RANGE} | grep -qvE '(\.md$)|(\.pem$)|(\.pdf$)|(\.html$)|^(LICENSE)|^(docs)|^(utils)|^(bin)|(Dockerfile)'
     then
-      echo "no code was updated, not running the CI."
+      echo "No code was updated, not running the CI."
       exit
-  fi
+    fi
 install:
   - cpanm --notest Test::More
   - cpanm --notest Data::Dumper