diff --git a/update_profile.py b/update_profile.py
index f145b33..c04af98 100644
--- a/update_profile.py
+++ b/update_profile.py
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ def do_request(url, headers=None):
         print(f"Request failed: {e}")
         return None
 
-    
+def do_readme_build():
+    pass  # Placeholder for the actual README build logic
 
+# a simple function to test the API connection and print some debug information, this will be used for debugging purposes to ensure that the API connection is working correctly and to see what data is being returned from the API calls. 
 def debug_request():
     headers = {"Authorization": f"token {GITEA_TOKEN}"}
     version_info = do_request(f"{GITEA_URL}/api/v1/version", headers=headers)
@@ -32,6 +34,15 @@ def debug_request():
         repos = do_request(f"{GITEA_URL}/api/v1/users/{USERNAME}/repos?type=owner", headers=headers)
         if repos is not None:
             print(f"Number of repos for user '{USERNAME}': {len(repos)}")
+            for repo in repos:
+                print(f"Repo Name: {repo.get('name', 'N/A')}, Repo ID: {repo.get('id', 'N/A')}")
+                if repo.get("has_code", False):
+                    print(f"Repo '{repo.get('name', 'N/A')}' has code.")
+                    print(f"Repo '{repo.get('name', 'N/A')}' is private: {repo.get('private', 'N/A')}")
+                    print(f"Repo '{repo.get('name', 'N/A')}' is archived: {repo.get('archived', 'N/A')}")
+                    print(f"Repo '{repo.get('name', 'N/A')}' has language: {repo.get('language', 'N/A')}")
+                    print(f"Repo '{repo.get('name', 'N/A')}' has size: {repo.get('size', 'N/A')} KB")
+
     except Exception:
         print("\n" + "!"*30)
         print("STACK TRACE (Line Numbers):")