diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/www/ServletUtil.java b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/www/ServletUtil.java
index 18bd54070b8a59c1e14cef3f8d6420219adae510..ea970b5b374430ce7ead4f84f0724e5efc57f291 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/www/ServletUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/www/ServletUtil.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ public class ServletUtil {
 
   @EventListener
   void startup(StartupEvent event) {
+    Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+    log.info("on startup: load model");
     HAZARD_MODEL = loadModel(modelPath);
   }