diff --git a/extras/Hadrons/EigenPack.hpp b/extras/Hadrons/EigenPack.hpp
index 71e0c0f1..a76d02f7 100644
--- a/extras/Hadrons/EigenPack.hpp
+++ b/extras/Hadrons/EigenPack.hpp
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ protected:
         {
             VecRecord vecRecord;
 
+            LOG(Message) << "Reading eigenvector " << k << std::endl;
             binReader.readScidacFieldRecord(evec[k], vecRecord);
             if (vecRecord.index != k)
             {
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ protected:
 
             vecRecord.index = k;
             vecRecord.eval  = eval[k];
+            LOG(Message) << "Writing eigenvector " << k << std::endl;
             binWriter.writeScidacFieldRecord(evec[k], vecRecord);
         }
         binWriter.close();
diff --git a/extras/Hadrons/Modules/MSolver/RBPrecCG.hpp b/extras/Hadrons/Modules/MSolver/RBPrecCG.hpp
index a47bb67e..6e4fbba6 100644
--- a/extras/Hadrons/Modules/MSolver/RBPrecCG.hpp
+++ b/extras/Hadrons/Modules/MSolver/RBPrecCG.hpp
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ void TRBPrecCG<FImpl, nBasis>::setup(void)
         {
             auto &epack = envGetDerived(EPack, CoarseEPack, par().eigenPack);
             
+            LOG(Message) << "using low-mode deflation with coarse eigenpack '"
+                         << par().eigenPack << "' (" 
+                         << epack.evecCoarse.size() << " modes)" << std::endl;
             guesser.reset(new CoarseGuesser(epack.evec, epack.evecCoarse,
                                             epack.evalCoarse));
         }
@@ -159,6 +162,9 @@ void TRBPrecCG<FImpl, nBasis>::setup(void)
         {
             auto &epack = envGet(EPack, par().eigenPack);
 
+            LOG(Message) << "using low-mode deflation with eigenpack '"
+                         << par().eigenPack << "' (" 
+                         << epack.evec.size() << " modes)" << std::endl;
             guesser.reset(new FineGuesser(epack.evec, epack.eval));
         }
     }