diff --git a/archinstall/lib/luks.py b/archinstall/lib/luks.py
index a9db193f..fc3196eb 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/luks.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/luks.py
@@ -103,12 +103,15 @@ class luks2:
 		cryptworker = SysCommandWorker(cryptsetup_args)
 
 		# print(f'Looking for: Enter passphrase for {partition.path}')
-		pw_given = False
-		while cryptworker.is_alive():
-			if bytes(f'Enter passphrase for {partition.path}', 'UTF-8') in cryptworker and pw_given is False:
-				cryptworker.write(password)
-				pw_given = True
-			time.sleep(0.25)
+		with open('debug.txt', 'a') as silent_output:
+			silent_output.write(f"Looking for: Enter passphrase for {partition.path}\n")
+			pw_given = False
+			while cryptworker.is_alive():
+				if bytes(f'Enter passphrase for {partition.path}', 'UTF-8') in cryptworker and pw_given is False:
+					silent_output.write(f"found it! Writing password: {password}\n")
+					cryptworker.write(password)
+					pw_given = True
+				time.sleep(0.25)
 
 		if cryptworker.exit_code == 256:
 			log(f'{partition} is being used, trying to unmount and crypt-close the device and running one more attempt at encrypting the device: {cryptworker}', level=logging.INFO)