diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java b/src/main/java/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
index d3ff19cd895b06430a01936c9fffe0c9a5b1343f..4b1e7a9bb9a7721002cc8a594a2f0bbbfa977534 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/util/DatabaseDocument.java
@@ -2638,13 +2638,18 @@ public class DatabaseDocument extends Document
     if(!iBatis)
     {
       if(jdbcDAO == null)
-       jdbcDAO = new JdbcDAO((String)getLocation(), pfield); 
+      {
+        logger4j.info("Creating Jdbc DAO");
+        jdbcDAO = new JdbcDAO((String)getLocation(), pfield); 
+      }
+      
       return jdbcDAO;
     }
     else
     {   
       if(connIB == null)
       {
+        logger4j.info("Creating Ibatis DAO");
         System.setProperty("chado", (String)getLocation());
         connIB = new IBatisDAO(pfield);
       }