diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 2e158bca..686c2b56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: true
           miniconda-version: 'latest'
-          python-version: 3.9
+          python-version: 3.12
           environment-file: environment.yml
           activate-environment: lecture-datascience
       - name: Display Conda Environment Versions
diff --git a/lectures/applications/working_with_text.md b/lectures/applications/working_with_text.md
index c389b363..9db5c0e0 100644
--- a/lectures/applications/working_with_text.md
+++ b/lectures/applications/working_with_text.md
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ def download_cached_forecasts():
                     warnings.warn(f"'File $f exists and is larger than version in cache. Not replacing.")
                 else :
                     z.extract(f)
+                    print("Downloaded and extracted", f)
 
 download_cached_forecasts()
 ```