diff --git a/cmd/crawler/main.go b/cmd/crawler/main.go
index c10d6f8..8f3f106 100644
--- a/cmd/crawler/main.go
+++ b/cmd/crawler/main.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ func main() {
 	defer cancel()
 	go pipe.HandleSignals(cancel)
 
+	log.Printf("---------starting up the crawler --------")
+	defer log.Printf("-----------------------------------------")
+
 	config, err := config.Load()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/cmd/sync/main.go b/cmd/sync/main.go
index cd890ef..923d196 100644
--- a/cmd/sync/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sync/main.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ func main() {
 	defer cancel()
 	go pipe.HandleSignals(cancel)
 
+	log.Printf("---------starting up the crawler --------")
+	defer log.Printf("-----------------------------------------")
+
 	config, err := config.Load()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)