diff --git a/tools/trigger-issuebot b/tools/trigger-issuebot
index 5cfc77e64c..5cc5abf818 100755
--- a/tools/trigger-issuebot
+++ b/tools/trigger-issuebot
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ get_merge_request_iid() {
 		echo $mr
 		return 0
 	    fi
+	    1>&2 printf '.'
 	done
     done
 }