diff --git a/dockerfiles/scripts/compress_graph.sh b/dockerfiles/scripts/compress_graph.sh
--- a/dockerfiles/scripts/compress_graph.sh
+++ b/dockerfiles/scripts/compress_graph.sh
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@
 {
     # Build a function (MPH) that maps node names to node numbers in
     # lexicographic order (output: .mph)
+    echo -e "# MPH step\n"                                              &&
     java_cmd it.unimi.dsi.sux4j.mph.GOVMinimalPerfectHashFunction       \
         --zipped $compr_graph_path.mph --temp-dir $tmp_dir              \
         $graph_path.nodes.csv.gz                                        &&
 
     # Build the graph in BVGraph format (output: .{graph,offsets,properties})
+    echo -e "\n# BV compress step\n"                                    &&
     java_cmd it.unimi.dsi.big.webgraph.ScatteredArcsASCIIGraph          \
         --function $compr_graph_path.mph --temp-dir $tmp_dir            \
         --zipped $compr_graph_path-bv < $graph_path.edges.csv.gz        &&
@@ -73,10 +75,12 @@
         --list $compr_graph_path-bv                                     &&
 
     # Find a better permutation using a BFS traversal order (output: .order)
+    echo -e "\n# BFS step\n"                                            &&
     java_cmd it.unimi.dsi.law.big.graph.BFS                             \
         $compr_graph_path-bv $compr_graph_path.order                    &&
 
     # Permute the graph accordingly
+    echo -e "\n# Permute step\n"                                        &&
     java_cmd it.unimi.dsi.big.webgraph.Transform mapOffline             \
         $compr_graph_path-bv $compr_graph_path                          \
         $compr_graph_path.order $batch_size $tmp_dir                    &&
@@ -84,9 +88,11 @@
         --list $compr_graph_path                                        &&
 
     # Compute graph statistics (output: .{indegree,outdegree,stats})
+    echo -e "\n# Stats step\n"                                          &&
     java_cmd it.unimi.dsi.big.webgraph.Stats $compr_graph_path          &&
 
     # Create transposed graph (to allow backward traversal)
+    echo -e "\n# Transpose step\n"                                      &&
     java_cmd it.unimi.dsi.big.webgraph.Transform transposeOffline       \
         $compr_graph_path $compr_graph_path-transposed                  \
         $batch_size $tmp_dir                                            &&