diff --git a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
index 2c095fdc..5041cd1d 100644
--- a/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/web3_proxy/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ impl Web3ProxyApp {
 
         let mut kafka_producer: Option<rdkafka::producer::FutureProducer> = None;
         if let Some(kafka_brokers) = top_config.app.kafka_urls.clone() {
+            info!("Connecting to kafka");
+
             let security_protocol = &top_config.app.kafka_protocol;
 
             match rdkafka::ClientConfig::new()