diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index d719b26e4..e2a2d52ff 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ process_patch_file() {
 		| awk '{print $NF}' | sed -n 's/,//p' | xargs -I % sh -c 'rm %'
 
 	# main patch command
+	echo "Processing file $(basename $patch)" >> $DEST/debug/patching.log
 	patch --batch --silent -p1 -N < $patch >> $DEST/debug/patching.log 2>&1
+	echo > $DEST/debug/patching.log
 
 	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
 		display_alert "... $(basename $patch)" "failed" "wrn";