diff --git a/roac/__init__.py b/roac/__init__.py
index 234fb43a675b55edf28738628ea529554f10acc5..fc2bde2f492f2a4ecaeaef94e33f3c5792e541d4 100644
--- a/roac/__init__.py
+++ b/roac/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ def create_app(test_config=None):
 	app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///{}'.format(os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'db.sqlite'))
 	app.config.from_pyfile('default_config.py')
 	if not test_config:
-		app.config.from_pyfile(os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'config.py'), silent=True)
+		path = os.path.join(app.instance_path, 'config.py')
+		print('loading config: {}'.format(path))
+		app.config.from_pyfile(path, silent=True)
 	else:
 		app.config.from_mapping(test_config)
 	# OAuth2Session.fetch_token verifies that the passed URIs scheme (the scheme
@@ -219,6 +221,7 @@ def create_app(test_config=None):
 		return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
 	os.makedirs(app.instance_path, exist_ok=True)
+	print('db uri: {}'.format(app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']))
 	with app.app_context():
 		db.create_all()