diff --git a/console/server/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/console/server/HttpServer.java b/console/server/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/console/server/HttpServer.java
index 2449b38..dd89093 100644
--- a/console/server/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/console/server/HttpServer.java
+++ b/console/server/src/main/java/org/apache/edgent/console/server/HttpServer.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * The "Edgent Console".
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
  */
 public class HttpServer {
 
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpServer.class);
+
 	/**
 	 * The only constructor.  A private no-argument constructor.  Called only once from the static HttpServerHolder class.
 	 */
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
      */
     public static HttpServer getInstance() throws Exception {
         if (!HttpServerHolder.INITIALIZED) {
+            logger.info("initializing");
             HttpServerHolder.WEBAPP.setContextPath("/console");
             ServletContextHandler contextJobs = new ServletContextHandler(ServletContextHandler.SESSIONS);
             contextJobs.setContextPath("/jobs");