diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index 044c3aa..c9f2415 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 
 from app.config import settings
 
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+logger.info(f"Starting app")
 app = FastAPI(
     title=settings.PROJECT_NAME,
     version=settings.VERSION,