diff --git a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
index dc457935e..b407a03db 100755
--- a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
+++ b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
@@ -124,10 +124,11 @@ main() {
 }
 
 install_with_yarn_or_npm() {
+  echo "User agent: ${npm_config_user_agent-none}"
   # NOTE@edvincent: We want to keep using the package manager that the end-user was using to install the package.
   # This also ensures that when *we* run `yarn` in the development process, the yarn.lock file is used.
   case "${npm_config_user_agent-}" in
-    npm*)
+    *npm*)
       if [ -f "yarn.lock" ]; then
         echo "yarn.lock file present, running in development mode. use yarn to install code-server!"
         exit 1