diff --git a/cmd/media_repo/main.go b/cmd/media_repo/main.go
index 5790a58e7ac27bd37c263e43c63e190b3a7961ef..193a430a4069d80dd77cb8d3647f4b88c04c4f5b 100644
--- a/cmd/media_repo/main.go
+++ b/cmd/media_repo/main.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	logrus.Info("Preparing database...")
 	mediaStore := storage.GetDatabase().GetMediaStore(context.TODO(), &logrus.Entry{})
 
 	logrus.Info("Initializing datastores...")
diff --git a/storage/storage.go b/storage/storage.go
index 93add9863f5bce9b0d2a06ef79276ff883b8be95..3cfd462550f8760c7a502ba963dcd39737e2a930 100644
--- a/storage/storage.go
+++ b/storage/storage.go
@@ -63,15 +63,19 @@ func OpenDatabase(connectionString string, maxConns int, maxIdleConns int) error
 	}
 
 	// New the repo factories
+	logrus.Info("Setting up media DB store...")
 	if d.repos.mediaStore, err = stores.InitMediaStore(d.db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	logrus.Info("Setting up thumbnails DB store...")
 	if d.repos.thumbnailStore, err = stores.InitThumbnailStore(d.db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	logrus.Info("Setting up URL previews DB store...")
 	if d.repos.urlStore, err = stores.InitUrlStore(d.db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	logrus.Info("Setting up metadata DB store...")
 	if d.repos.metadataStore, err = stores.InitMetadataStore(d.db); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}