diff --git a/ephemeral/startup/action.yml b/ephemeral/startup/action.yml
index 5a580b3..53b4b1e 100644
--- a/ephemeral/startup/action.yml
+++ b/ephemeral/startup/action.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ runs:
     - name: Setup preview name
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        prId=$(<pr-id.txt)
+        prId=$(tr -d '\r\n' < pr-id.txt)
+        echo "PR ID is: $prId"
         repoName=$GITHUB_REPOSITORY
         repoNameCleaned=$(echo -n "$repoName" | tr -c '[:alnum:]' '-')
         previewName=preview-$repoNameCleaned-$prId
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ runs:
         extensionAutoInstall="${EXTENSION_AUTO_INSTALL:-${{ inputs.extension-auto-install }}}"
         lifetime="${{ inputs.lifetime }}"
 
+        echo "Checking if instance exists"
         list_response=$(curl -X GET \
             -H "ls-api-key: ${LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN:-${LOCALSTACK_API_KEY:-${{ inputs.localstack-api-key }}}}" \
             -H "content-type: application/json" \
@@ -86,6 +88,12 @@ runs:
             https://api.localstack.cloud/v1/compute/instances/$previewName)
         fi
 
+        echo "Now trying to make an instance" 
+        echo "curl -X POST -d '{\"instance_name\": \"${previewName}\", \"lifetime\": ${lifetime}, \"env_vars\": {\"AUTO_LOAD_POD\": \"${autoLoadPod}\", \"EXTENSION_AUTO_INSTALL\": \"${extensionAutoInstall}\"}}' \
+            -H \"ls-api-key: ${LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN:-${LOCALSTACK_API_KEY:-${{ inputs.localstack-api-key }}}}\" \
+            -H \"content-type: application/json\" \
+            https://api.localstack.cloud/v1/compute/instances"
+
         response=$(curl -X POST -d "{\"instance_name\": \"${previewName}\", \"lifetime\": ${lifetime} ,\"env_vars\": {\"AUTO_LOAD_POD\": \"${autoLoadPod}\", \"EXTENSION_AUTO_INSTALL\": \"${extensionAutoInstall}\"}}"\
             -H "ls-api-key: ${LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN:-${LOCALSTACK_API_KEY:-${{ inputs.localstack-api-key }}}}" \
             -H "content-type: application/json" \