diff --git a/test/api/checkAPI.py b/test/api/checkAPI.py
index 09220a41..d0a1bf2e 100644
--- a/test/api/checkAPI.py
+++ b/test/api/checkAPI.py
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@
 # This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
 # Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
 
+import sys
+import trace
 from libs.openAPI import openApi
 from libs.FTLAPI import FTLAPI
 from libs.responseVerifyer import ResponseVerifyer
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
+TRACE = False
+
+def main():
 	# OpenAPI specs are split into multiple files, this script extracts the endpoints from them
-	openapi = openApi(base_path = "src/api/docs/content/specs/", api_root = "/api")
+	openapi = openApi(base_path = "src/api/docs/content/specs/", api_root = "/api", trace = TRACE)
 	if not openapi.parse("main.yaml"):
 		exit(1)
 
@@ -110,4 +114,22 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
 	# If there are no errors, exit with success
 	print("Everything okay!")
-	exit(0)
+	#exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	if TRACE:
+		tracer = trace.Trace(ignoredirs=[sys.prefix, sys.exec_prefix],
+				trace=1, count=1)
+		tracer.run('main()')
+
+		# make a report, placing output in the current directory
+		r = tracer.results()
+		print(r.write_results(show_missing=True, coverdir="."))
+
+		# Exit with success
+		exit(0)
+	else:
+		main()
+
+		# Exit with success
+		exit(0)
diff --git a/test/api/libs/openAPI.py b/test/api/libs/openAPI.py
index 0cec4596..1eddcc03 100644
--- a/test/api/libs/openAPI.py
+++ b/test/api/libs/openAPI.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ class openApi():
 	# List of methods we want to extract
 	METHODS = ["get", "post", "put", "patch", "delete"]
 
-	def __init__(self, base_path: str, api_root: str = "/api") -> None:
+	def __init__(self, base_path: str, api_root: str = "/api", trace: bool = False) -> None:
 		# Store arguments
 		self.base_path = base_path
 		self.api_root = api_root
+		self.TRACE = trace
 
 		# Prepare list of YAML endpoints
 		self.endpoints = {}
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ class openApi():
 		for a in dict_in.keys():
 			# Create the next dict key
 			next_dict_key = dict_key + "/" + a if len(dict_key) > 0 else a
+			if self.TRACE:
+				print("Resolving " + next_dict_key)
 			# If the item is a dict, we check if it is a reference
 			if isinstance(dict_in[a], dict):
 				# Check if this is a reference
@@ -108,6 +111,11 @@ class openApi():
 						else:
 							# No reference, just recurse into the next level
 							self.recurseRef(dict_in[a][i],  next_dict_key)
+			else:
+				# If it is not a dict or list, we do not need to do anything
+				if self.TRACE:
+					print(f"Not recursing into {next_dict_key} as it is not a dict or list: {type(dict_in[a])}")
+				pass
 
 
 	def parse(self, filename: str):
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ class openApi():
 			# Get the paths
 			self.paths = self.read_yaml_maybe_cache(self.base_path + filename)["paths"]
 		except Exception as e:
-			print("Exception when trying to read " + e)
+			print("Exception when trying to read " + str(e))
 			return False
 
 		# Recursively resolve references in the paths