diff --git a/bin/compose-core b/bin/compose-core
index 588a222..2f417df 100755
--- a/bin/compose-core
+++ b/bin/compose-core
@@ -695,11 +695,12 @@ wait_docker_ip() {
 }
 export -f wait_docker_ip
 
-DEFAULT_BASH_IMAGE=${DEFAULT_BASH_IMAGE:-docker.0k.io/bash}
 wait_for_tcp_port() {
     local network=$1 host_port=$2 timeout=20
     verb "Trying to connect to $host_port"
-    docker run --rm -i --network "$network" "$DEFAULT_BASH_IMAGE" <<EOF
+    bash_image=${DEFAULT_BASH_IMAGE:-docker.0k.io/bash}
+    echo docker run --rm -i --network "$network" "$bash_image" >&2
+    docker run --rm -i --network "$network" "$bash_image" <<EOF
     start=\$SECONDS
     while true; do
         timeout 1 bash -c "</dev/tcp/${host_port/://}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && break