diff --git a/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts b/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
index 2acec38..b58010b 100644
--- a/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
@@ -770,6 +770,9 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
       return ''
     }),
     submoduleSync: jest.fn(),
+    submoduleStatus: jest.fn(async () => {
+      return true
+    }),
     submoduleUpdate: jest.fn(),
     tagExists: jest.fn(),
     tryClean: jest.fn(),
diff --git a/__test__/git-directory-helper.test.ts b/__test__/git-directory-helper.test.ts
index 70849b5..a783177 100644
--- a/__test__/git-directory-helper.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/git-directory-helper.test.ts
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     submoduleForeach: jest.fn(),
     submoduleSync: jest.fn(),
     submoduleUpdate: jest.fn(),
+    submoduleStatus: jest.fn(async () => {
+      return true
+    }),
     tagExists: jest.fn(),
     tryClean: jest.fn(async () => {
       return true
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index e83c1b0..e9f5794 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -7686,6 +7686,7 @@ class GitCommandManager {
     submoduleStatus() {
         return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
             const output = yield this.execGit(['submodule', 'status'], true);
+            core.debug(output.stdout);
             return output.exitCode === 0;
         });
     }
@@ -9445,6 +9446,7 @@ function prepareExistingDirectory(git, repositoryPath, repositoryUrl, clean, ref
                 // Check for submodules and delete any existing files if submodules are present
                 if (!(yield git.submoduleStatus())) {
                     remove = true;
+                    core.info('Bad Submodules found, removing existing files');
                 }
                 // Clean
                 if (clean) {
diff --git a/src/git-command-manager.ts b/src/git-command-manager.ts
index 731fbb2..ab07524 100644
--- a/src/git-command-manager.ts
+++ b/src/git-command-manager.ts
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ class GitCommandManager {
 
   async submoduleStatus(): Promise<boolean> {
     const output = await this.execGit(['submodule', 'status'], true)
+    core.debug(output.stdout)
     return output.exitCode === 0
   }
 
diff --git a/src/git-directory-helper.ts b/src/git-directory-helper.ts
index 848c804..fcd4b60 100644
--- a/src/git-directory-helper.ts
+++ b/src/git-directory-helper.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export async function prepareExistingDirectory(
       // Check for submodules and delete any existing files if submodules are present
       if (!(await git.submoduleStatus())) {
         remove = true
+        core.info('Bad Submodules found, removing existing files')
       }
 
       // Clean