diff --git a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py
index b6b1638..38bd26c 100644
--- a/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py
+++ b/planetstack/observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
 from core.models.slice import *
 from core.models.user import UserDeployments
+from util.logger import Logger, logging
+
+logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
 class SyncSliceMemberships(OpenStackSyncStep):
     requested_interval=0
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@
 
     def sync_record(self, slice_memb):
         # sync slice memberships at all slice deployments 
+        logger.info("syncing slice privilege: %s %s" % (slice_memb.slice.name, slice_memb.user.email))
         slice_deployments = SliceDeployments.objects.filter(slice=slice_memb.slice)
         for slice_deployment in slice_deployments:
             if not slice_deployment.tenant_id: