diff --git a/src/cq_cli/cq_cli.py b/src/cq_cli/cq_cli.py
index aa7e02e..08dc107 100755
--- a/src/cq_cli/cq_cli.py
+++ b/src/cq_cli/cq_cli.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# surprisingly, this seems to fix issues on macOS - it shouldn't be necessary
+# for any python3 installation, but this program fails to run on macOS without
+# this import.
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import os
 import sys
 import argparse
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 0a7ed53..58a9d6b 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ def test_no_cli_arguments():
     command = ["python", "src/cq_cli/cq_cli.py"]
     out, err, exitcode = helpers.cli_call(command)
 
+    print("Debugging. err: %s;\nout: %s" % (err.decode(), out.decode()))
+
     assert (
         out.decode()
         .split("\n")[0]