diff --git a/app/libraries/ExperimentUtilities.php b/app/libraries/ExperimentUtilities.php
index 8632049..f2f390e 100755
--- a/app/libraries/ExperimentUtilities.php
+++ b/app/libraries/ExperimentUtilities.php
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@
         } while (is_dir(ExperimentUtilities::$experimentPath)); // if dir already exists, try again
         // create upload directory
         $old_umask = umask(0);
+        Log::debug("Creating experiment folder", array(ExperimentUtilities::$experimentPath));
         if (!mkdir(ExperimentUtilities::$experimentPath, 0777, true)) {
             CommonUtilities::print_error_message('<p>Error creating upload directory!
             Please try again later or report a bug using the link in the Help menu.</p>');