diff --git a/scripts/publish b/scripts/publish
index 39cb78154..208ed0754 100644
--- a/scripts/publish
+++ b/scripts/publish
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ REGISTRY_AUTH_URI=$(echo "$REGISTRY_URL" | sed -e 's/^https\?:/\/\//')
 
 echo -e "registry=${REGISTRY_URL}\n${REGISTRY_AUTH_URI}:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}\nalways-auth=true" > .npmrc
 
-npm info "$PACKAGE_NAME@$PACKAGE_VERSION" version --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" 2>/dev/null && {
+echo "Using registry: $REGISTRY_URL"
+echo "Using npm config: $PWD/.npmrc"
+echo "NPM_TOKEN present: ${NPM_TOKEN:+yes}"
+cat "$PWD/.npmrc" | sed 's/_authToken=.*/_authToken=***hidden***/'
+
+npm whoami --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" --userconfig "$PWD/.npmrc"
+
+npm info "$PACKAGE_NAME@$PACKAGE_VERSION" version --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" --userconfig "$PWD/.npmrc" 2>/dev/null && {
     echo "Package $PACKAGE_NAME@$PACKAGE_VERSION does already exist on npmjs.org"
     exit
 }
@@ -45,12 +52,12 @@ npm info "$PACKAGE_NAME@$PACKAGE_VERSION" version --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" 2>/
 case $CIRCLE_BRANCH in
       "release/"*)
           echo "Publishing release package | $PACKAGE_NAME @ $PACKAGE_VERSION"
-            npm publish ./dist --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" --access public
+            npm publish ./dist --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" --access public --userconfig "$PWD/.npmrc"
             ;;
 
       "main" | "next" | "hotfix/"* | "cci/"*)
           echo "Publishing $CIRCLE_BRANCH package | $PACKAGE_NAME @ $PACKAGE_VERSION"
-            npm publish ./dist --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" --tag $CIRCLE_BRANCH --access public
+            npm publish ./dist --registry "$REGISTRY_URL" --tag $CIRCLE_BRANCH --access public --userconfig "$PWD/.npmrc"
             ;;
       *)
           echo "Feature branch build - publish skipped"