diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes-1.13/deploy-hostpath.sh b/deploy/kubernetes-1.13/deploy-hostpath.sh
index 5081fd5c6..bfd1338d1 100755
--- a/deploy/kubernetes-1.13/deploy-hostpath.sh
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes-1.13/deploy-hostpath.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ run kubectl apply -f "${CSI_SNAPSHOTTER_RBAC}"
 echo "deploying hostpath components"
 for i in ${BASE_DIR}/hostpath/*.yaml; do
     echo "   $i"
-    cat "$i" | while IFS= read -r line; do
+    modified="$(cat "$i" | while IFS= read -r line; do
         if echo "$line" | grep -q '^\s*image:\s*'; then
             # Split 'image: quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v1.0.1'
             # into image (quay.io/k8scsi/csi-attacher:v1.0.1),
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ for i in ${BASE_DIR}/hostpath/*.yaml; do
             echo "        using $line" >&2
         fi
         echo "$line"
-    done | kubectl apply -f -
+    done)"
+    if ! echo "$modified" | kubectl apply -f -; then
+        echo "modified version of $i:"
+        echo "$modified"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 done
 
 # Wait until all pods are running. We have to make some assumptions