diff --git a/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh b/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh
index c61747ed..ad81b537 100755
--- a/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh
+++ b/docs/src/test/bash/build-helper.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 ROOT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 ROOT_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/../../.."
+echo "Root directory is [${ROOT_DIR}]"
 
 function usage {
     echo "usage: $0: <download-shellcheck|run-shellcheck|download-bats|run-bats|initialize-submodules>"
diff --git a/docs/src/test/bash/run-bats.sh b/docs/src/test/bash/run-bats.sh
index 238e2874..f185680e 100755
--- a/docs/src/test/bash/run-bats.sh
+++ b/docs/src/test/bash/run-bats.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 ROOT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-"${ROOT_DIR}"/build-helper.sh "initialize-submodules"
+"${ROOT_DIR}"/build-helper.sh "initialize-submodules" || echo "Failed to init submodules"
 "${ROOT_DIR}"/build-helper.sh "download-shellcheck"
 "${ROOT_DIR}"/build-helper.sh "run-shellcheck"
 "${ROOT_DIR}"/build-helper.sh "download-bats"