diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-ephemeral-env.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-ephemeral-env.yml
index 5159a8b77998b..bc877ae9ae737 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-ephemeral-env.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-ephemeral-env.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ jobs:
             secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY != '' &&
             secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY != '') || '' }}" ]; then
             echo "has-secrets=1" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "has secrets!"
+          else
+            echo "has-secrets=0" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "no secrets!"
           fi
 
   docker_ephemeral_env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index f9c62501f32e9..7c5b50baf430f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ -n "${{ (secrets.DOCKERHUB_USER != '' && secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN != '') || '' }}" ]; then
             echo "has-secrets=1" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "has secrets!"
+          else
+            echo "has-secrets=0" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "no secrets!"
           fi
 
   docker-build:
diff --git a/RELEASING/from_tarball_entrypoint.sh b/RELEASING/from_tarball_entrypoint.sh
index 9fe0516abb90b..27b247eb72fe8 100755
--- a/RELEASING/from_tarball_entrypoint.sh
+++ b/RELEASING/from_tarball_entrypoint.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ superset db upgrade
 superset init
 
 # Loading examples
-superset load-examples
+superset load-examples --force
 
 FLASK_ENV=development FLASK_APP="superset.app:create_app()" \
 flask run -p 8088 --with-threads --reload --debugger --host=0.0.0.0
diff --git a/docker/docker-init.sh b/docker/docker-init.sh
index c98f49881ada7..b54f999cb2a85 100755
--- a/docker/docker-init.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-init.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if [ "$SUPERSET_LOAD_EXAMPLES" = "yes" ]; then
         superset load_test_users
         superset load_examples --load-test-data
     else
-        superset load_examples
+        superset load_examples --force
     fi
     echo_step "4" "Complete" "Loading examples"
 fi