diff --git a/tests/integ/sagemaker/conftest.py b/tests/integ/sagemaker/conftest.py
index 2dc9f7df4d..2640f51515 100644
--- a/tests/integ/sagemaker/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integ/sagemaker/conftest.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def conda_env_yml():
         os.remove(conda_yml_file_name)
 
 
-def _build_container(sagemaker_session, py_version, docker_templete):
+def _build_container(sagemaker_session, py_version, docker_template):
     """Build a dummy test container locally and push a container to an ecr repo"""
 
     region = sagemaker_session.boto_region_name
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ def _build_container(sagemaker_session, py_version, docker_templete):
         print("building source archive...")
         source_archive = _generate_sagemaker_sdk_tar(tmpdir)
         with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, "Dockerfile"), "w") as file:
-            file.writelines(
-                docker_templete.format(py_version=py_version, source_archive=source_archive)
-            )
+            content = docker_template.format(py_version=py_version, source_archive=source_archive)
+            print(f"Dockerfile contents: \n{content}\n")
+            file.writelines(content)
 
         docker_client = docker.from_env()
 
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ def _build_container(sagemaker_session, py_version, docker_templete):
             raise
 
     if _is_repository_exists(ecr_client, REPO_NAME):
+        print("pushing to session configured account id!")
         sts_client = sagemaker_session.boto_session.client(
             "sts", region_name=region, endpoint_url=sts_regional_endpoint(region)
         )
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ def _build_container(sagemaker_session, py_version, docker_templete):
             account_id, sagemaker_session.boto_region_name, REPO_NAME, image_tag
         )
     else:
+        print(f"pushing to account id: {REPO_ACCOUNT_ID}")
         ecr_image = _ecr_image_uri(
             REPO_ACCOUNT_ID,
             sagemaker_session.boto_region_name,
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ def _build_container(sagemaker_session, py_version, docker_templete):
     return ecr_image
 
 
-def _build_auto_capture_client_container(py_version, docker_templete):
+def _build_auto_capture_client_container(py_version, docker_template):
     """Build a test docker container that will act as a client for auto_capture tests"""
     with _tmpdir() as tmpdir:
         print("building docker image locally in ", tmpdir)
@@ -240,9 +242,9 @@ def _build_auto_capture_client_container(py_version, docker_templete):
         source_archive = _generate_sdk_tar_with_public_version(tmpdir)
         _move_auto_capture_test_file(tmpdir)
         with open(os.path.join(tmpdir, "Dockerfile"), "w") as file:
-            file.writelines(
-                docker_templete.format(py_version=py_version, source_archive=source_archive)
-            )
+            content = docker_template.format(py_version=py_version, source_archive=source_archive)
+            print(f"Dockerfile contents: \n{content}\n")
+            file.writelines(content)
 
         docker_client = docker.from_env()
 
@@ -276,11 +278,13 @@ def _generate_sagemaker_sdk_tar(destination_folder):
     """
     Run setup.py sdist to generate the PySDK tar file
     """
-    subprocess.run(
-        f"python3 setup.py egg_info --egg-base {destination_folder} sdist -d {destination_folder} -k",
-        shell=True,
-        check=True,
-    )
+    command = f"python3 setup.py egg_info --egg-base {destination_folder} sdist -d {destination_folder} -k"
+    print(f"Running command: {command}")
+    result = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, check=True, capture_output=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        print(f"Command failed with return code: {result.returncode}")
+        print(f"Standard output: {result.stdout.decode()}")
+        print(f"Standard error: {result.stderr.decode()}")
     destination_folder_contents = os.listdir(destination_folder)
     source_archive = [file for file in destination_folder_contents if file.endswith("tar.gz")][0]