diff --git a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/genericpipeline.py b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/genericpipeline.py
index 72a207f0a09bcacb457bb46befbac609bf66cf18..feca430e942a10c0aaa23028487cc99deeccb23f 100755
--- a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/genericpipeline.py
+++ b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/bin/genericpipeline.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ class GenericPipeline(control):
         # plugins are not used at the moment and might better be replaced with master recipes
         while step_name_list:
             stepname = step_name_list.pop(0)
+            self.logger.info("Beginning step %s" % (stepname,))
             step = step_control_dict[stepname]
             #step_parset = step_parset_obj[stepname]
             inputdict = {}