diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ad6c3f7b..41900f96 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation ('org.objenesis:objenesis:3.4')
   testImplementation ('net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.14.17')
   testImplementation ('org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-4.0') { exclude group: 'org.apache.groovy' }
+  testImplementation ("io.github.java-diff-utils:java-diff-utils:4.12")
 }
 
 application {
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/nextflow/lsp/services/script/ScriptFormattingTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/nextflow/lsp/services/script/ScriptFormattingTest.groovy
index 19aecd16..74fb5c3c 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/nextflow/lsp/services/script/ScriptFormattingTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/nextflow/lsp/services/script/ScriptFormattingTest.groovy
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package nextflow.lsp.services.script
 
 import nextflow.script.formatter.FormattingOptions
 import spock.lang.Specification
+import com.github.difflib.text.*;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static nextflow.lsp.TestUtils.*
 
@@ -27,10 +29,66 @@ import static nextflow.lsp.TestUtils.*
  */
 class ScriptFormattingTest extends Specification {
 
+    enum Color {
+        RESET("\033[0m"),       // Reset
+        RED("\033[1;31m"),      // Red
+        GREEN("\033[1;32m"),    // Green
+        BLACK("\033[1;30m");   // BLACK
+
+        private final String code;
+
+        Color(String code) {
+            this.code = code;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return code;
+        }
+    }
+
     boolean checkFormat(ScriptService service, String uri, String before, String after) {
         open(service, uri, before)
         def textEdits = service.formatting(URI.create(uri), new FormattingOptions(4, true))
-        return textEdits.first().getNewText() == after.stripIndent()
+        def actualText
+        if (textEdits.size() > 0) {
+            actualText = textEdits.first().getNewText()
+        } else {
+            actualText = "No text at all"
+        }
+        def expectedText = after.stripIndent()
+        System.err.println("Input text:\n" + before)
+
+        // Create a configured DiffRowGenerator
+        DiffRowGenerator generator = DiffRowGenerator.create().build();
+
+        // Compute the differences for two test texts.
+        List<DiffRow> rows = generator.generateDiffRows(
+            expectedText.lines().collect(Collectors.toList()),
+            actualText.lines().collect(Collectors.toList())
+        );
+        boolean success  = actualText == expectedText
+
+        System.err.println("\nDiff comparision between expected and actual");
+        for (DiffRow row : rows) {
+            DiffRow.Tag tag = row.getTag();
+            if (tag ==  DiffRow.Tag.INSERT) {
+                System.err.println(Color.GREEN.toString() + "++: " + row.getNewLine() + Color.RESET.toString());
+            } else if (tag ==  DiffRow.Tag.DELETE) {
+                System.err.println(Color.RED.toString() + "--: " + row.getOldLine() + Color.RESET.toString());
+            } else if (tag ==  DiffRow.Tag.CHANGE) {
+                System.err.println(Color.GREEN.toString() + "++: " + row.getNewLine() + Color.RESET.toString());
+                System.err.println(Color.RED.toString() + "--: " + row.getOldLine() + Color.RESET.toString());
+            } else {
+                System.err.println(Color.BLACK.toString() + "  : " + row.getOldLine() + Color.RESET.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        if (rows.stream().allMatch(r -> r.getTag() == DiffRow.Tag.EQUAL)) {
+            System.err.println(String.format("No diff! Comparison yields %s%b%s\n",
+                (success ? Color.GREEN : Color.RED), success, Color.RESET)
+            );
+        }
+        return actualText == expectedText
     }
 
     def 'should format a script' () {