diff --git a/scripts/printckpt.py b/scripts/printckpt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9824d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/printckpt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import os
+import torch
+import fire
+
+
+def printit(p):
+    print(f"printin' in path: {p}")
+    size_initial = os.path.getsize(p)
+    nsd = dict()
+    sd = torch.load(p, map_location="cpu")
+    if "global_step" in sd:
+        print(f"This is global step {sd['global_step']}.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    fire.Fire(printit)
diff --git a/scripts/prune-ckpt.py b/scripts/prune-ckpt.py
index 26d237b..e79c137 100644
--- a/scripts/prune-ckpt.py
+++ b/scripts/prune-ckpt.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def prune_it(p):
             nsd[k] = sd[k]
     else:
         print(f"removing optimizer states for path {p}")
+    if "global_step" in sd:
+        print(f"This is global step {sd['global_step']}.")
     fn = f"{os.path.splitext(p)[0]}-pruned.ckpt"
     print(f"saving pruned checkpoint at: {fn}")
     torch.save(nsd, fn)
@@ -24,4 +26,4 @@ def prune_it(p):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     fire.Fire(prune_it)
-    print("done.")
\ No newline at end of file
+    print("done.")