diff --git a/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go b/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go
index e5057d7b3..b976173bc 100644
--- a/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/e2e/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ func (m *metric) Query() string {
 }
 
 func TestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	// Run via the e2e suite; requires Windows and AWS specific attributes.
+	// Run via the e2e suite. Requires AWS attributes.
+	//
+	// Set verbose for now to debug the e2e nightly.
+	t.Setenv("NOMAD_E2E_VERBOSE", "1")
 
 	// Wait for the cluster to be ready
 	cluster3.Establish(t,