diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ef9df406..530d6de4 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -107,8 +107,15 @@ jobs:
                               --format RspecJunitFormatter \
                               --out /tmp/test-results/rspec.xml \
                               $(circleci tests glob "spec/**/*_spec.rb" | circleci tests split --split-by=timings)
-
-            head coverage/coverage.json
+            printf 'ls -l coverage\n'
+            ls -l coverage/
+
+            if [[ -s coverage/coverage.json  ]]
+            then
+                    printf "coverage file exists\n"
+            else
+                    printf "coverage file does not exist\n"
+            fi
             ./cc-test-reporter format-coverage coverage/coverage.json \
               --input-type simplecov \
               --output coverage/codeclimate.rspec.3.2.4.json