diff --git a/tools/bin/capture-docker-stack b/tools/bin/capture-docker-stack
index 540fca3c..cdd5983c 100755
--- a/tools/bin/capture-docker-stack
+++ b/tools/bin/capture-docker-stack
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ make-filesystem-image "${IMG}" "${DOCKER_IMAGE_SIZE_IN_MB}" |& indent
 
 display "Mounting image ${IMG_MNT}"
 mount-filesystem-image "${IMG}" "${IMG_MNT}" |& indent
+df --human-readable "${IMG_MNT}" |& indent
 
 display "Copying stack to image"
 export-docker-image "${DOCKER_IMAGE}" "${IMG_MNT}" |& indent
diff --git a/tools/bin/make-filesystem-image b/tools/bin/make-filesystem-image
index e093daa3..1c420087 100755
--- a/tools/bin/make-filesystem-image
+++ b/tools/bin/make-filesystem-image
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ DOCKER_IMAGE_SIZE_IN_MB="$2"
 # as to ensure a few MB additional free space headroom.
 IMG_SIZE_IN_MB=$((DOCKER_IMAGE_SIZE_IN_MB * 107 / 100))
 
+echo "Using file size of ${IMG_SIZE_IN_MB} MB based on Docker image size of ${DOCKER_IMAGE_SIZE_IN_MB} MB"
+
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$IMG")"
 
 # Create an empty file of the specified size.
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ fallocate --length "${IMG_SIZE_IN_MB}MiB" "${IMG}"
 # The `-m` argument reduces reserved-blocks-percentage from its default of 5% to 1%.
 # TODO: Switch to calling `mkfs.ext3` or `mke2fs -t ext3` since the `mkfs` alias is deprecated:
 # https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man8/mkfs.8.html
-mkfs -t ext3 -m 1 "$IMG"
+mkfs -t ext3 -T default -m 1 -v "$IMG"
 
 # Adjust the filesystem parameters for improved performance on runtime instances.
 # The `-c` and `-i` arguments disable automatic filesystem checks, which are otherwise run based