diff --git a/publish.el b/publish.el
index bdac84d..d414eff 100644
--- a/publish.el
+++ b/publish.el
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
 
 (defun publish-posts-rss-feed (plist filename dir)
   (if (equal "rss.org" (file-name-nondirectory filename))
-      (org-rss-publish-to-rss plist filename dir)))
+      (progn
+        (message "publishing for real")
+        (org-rss-publish-to-rss plist filename dir))
+    (message "not publishing %s" filename)))
 
 (defvar jj/html-head "\
 <link rel='stylesheet' href='/css/stylesheet.css' type='text/css'/>\