diff --git a/algo/global/Reco.cxx b/algo/global/Reco.cxx
index 3bd91a3b0ce6027746c4879fd601d2ccba0154dc..59415a31c1b3f82bf713637de273f548afa3b7aa 100644
--- a/algo/global/Reco.cxx
+++ b/algo/global/Reco.cxx
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ void Reco::Init(const Options& opts)
 
   fInitialized = true;
 
+  L_(debug) << "CBM Reco finished initialization";
+
   xpu::push_timer("Reco");
 }
 
diff --git a/reco/app/cbmreco/main.cxx b/reco/app/cbmreco/main.cxx
index b878bf1e25072c2c19de3cef807a707351873be9..883679877fa7757f1c1f400e01ed34e95b4e8552 100644
--- a/reco/app/cbmreco/main.cxx
+++ b/reco/app/cbmreco/main.cxx
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   int tsIdx  = 0;
   int num_ts = opts.NumTimeslices();
   if (num_ts > 0) num_ts += opts.SkipTimeslices();
+  L_(debug) << "Starting to fetch timeslices from source...";
   while (auto ts = source.get()) {
     if (tsIdx < opts.SkipTimeslices()) {
       tsIdx++;