diff --git a/pkg/stash/stasher.go b/pkg/stash/stasher.go
index 3937b546..7dbb8607 100644
--- a/pkg/stash/stasher.go
+++ b/pkg/stash/stasher.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/module"
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/observ"
 	"github.com/gomods/athens/pkg/storage"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func (s *stasher) Stash(ctx context.Context, mod, ver string) (string, error) {
 	const op errors.Op = "stasher.Stash"
 	_, span := observ.StartSpan(ctx, op.String())
 	defer span.End()
+	log.EntryFromContext(ctx).Debugf("saving %s@%s to storage...", mod, ver)
 
 	// create a new context that ditches whatever deadline the caller passed
 	// but keep the tracing info so that we can properly trace the whole thing.