diff --git a/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck b/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck
index c1a151de4..ccf0949ee 100644
--- a/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck
+++ b/salt/strelka/filecheck/filecheck
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     event_handler =CreatedEventHandler()
 
     observer = Observer()
+
+    logging.info("Starting filecheck")
     observer.schedule(event_handler, extract_path, recursive=True)
     observer.start()
     try:
@@ -83,5 +85,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         observer.stop()
     observer.join()
-    
+
     logging.info("Exiting filecheck")