diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/repo/FSGitRepoStore.java b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/repo/FSGitRepoStore.java
index c440f30115..c323930157 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/repo/FSGitRepoStore.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/main/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/bridge/repo/FSGitRepoStore.java
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public class FSGitRepoStore implements RepoStore {
             long[] sizePtr
     ) throws IOException {
         Project.checkValidProjectName(projectName);
+        Log.info("[{}] bzip2 project", projectName);
         return Tar.bz2.zip(getDotGitForProject(projectName), sizePtr);
     }
 
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ public class FSGitRepoStore implements RepoStore {
         long[] sizePtr
     ) throws IOException {
         Project.checkValidProjectName(projectName);
+        Log.info("[{}] gzip project", projectName);
         return Tar.gzip.zip(getDotGitForProject(projectName), sizePtr);
     }
 
@@ -177,6 +179,7 @@ public class FSGitRepoStore implements RepoStore {
                         "evicted project already exist",
                 projectName
         );
+        Log.info("[{}] un-bzip2 project", projectName);
         Tar.bz2.unzip(dataStream, getDirForProject(projectName));
     }
 
@@ -196,6 +199,7 @@ public class FSGitRepoStore implements RepoStore {
             "evicted project already exist",
             projectName
         );
+        Log.info("[{}] un-gzip project", projectName);
         Tar.gzip.unzip(dataStream, getDirForProject(projectName));
     }