diff --git a/omv_backup.py b/omv_backup.py
index 9e6db8e..60969e9 100755
--- a/omv_backup.py
+++ b/omv_backup.py
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ def backup_job(pl):
     client2.connect("mqtt.home.lan",1883,60)
     if "log" in pl:
         if pl["log"] == "debug":
+            logging.info(f'Debug enabled')
             LOG_FILE = "omv_backup.log"
             logging.basicConfig(filename=LOG_FILE, level=logging.DEBUG, format='%(asctime)s : %(levelname)s : %(message)s', datefmt='%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p')
     logging.info(f'starting backup job')