diff --git a/install-debian.sh b/install-debian.sh
index 23936e19ac6bd3f64408c0a252bdbe28ec9d32d8..29bf07dd42d3d581b356a945403d198d6c02258c 100755
--- a/install-debian.sh
+++ b/install-debian.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ function debug_python_deps()
 
   [ -z "$venv_file" ] || . "$venv_file"
 
+  echo 1>&2
+  echo "# Python version: " 1>&2  
+  python --version
+
   echo 1>&2
   echo "# Python dependencies: " 1>&2  
   pip list
@@ -479,7 +483,7 @@ else
 
       cp -f settings.py.docker.debian settings.py
 
-    elif [ settings.py.debian ]; then # user has own settings prepared yet ?
+    elif [ -e settings.py.debian ]; then # user has own settings prepared yet ?
 
       cp -f settings.py.debian settings.py