diff --git a/nwb_linkml/tests/test_providers/test_provider_schema.py b/nwb_linkml/tests/test_providers/test_provider_schema.py
index 41aeb45..a6ee7b4 100644
--- a/nwb_linkml/tests/test_providers/test_provider_schema.py
+++ b/nwb_linkml/tests/test_providers/test_provider_schema.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import pdb
 import shutil
 import os
 import sys
+import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from typing import Optional, Union, List
@@ -83,7 +84,16 @@ def test_pydantic_provider_core(tmp_output_dir, class_name, test_fields):
     core = provider.get('core', allow_repo=False)
     # ensure we didn't get the builtin one
     assert Path(nwb_linkml.__file__).parent not in Path(core.__file__).parents
-    assert (tmp_output_dir / 'pydantic' / 'core' / version_module_case(core.version) / 'namespace.py').exists()
+    namespace_path = (tmp_output_dir / 'pydantic' / 'core' / version_module_case(core.version) / 'namespace.py')
+    assert namespace_path.exists()
+    assert Path(core.__file__) == namespace_path
+
+    with open(namespace_path, 'r') as nsfile:
+        nsfile_contents = nsfile.read()
+
+    # dk how to debug good on github actions lol
+    warnings.warn(nsfile_contents)
+
 
     test_class = getattr(core, class_name)
     assert test_class == provider.get_class('core', class_name)