diff --git a/src/cript/api/api.py b/src/cript/api/api.py
index 1a2e431ab..f6a0c6d0f 100644
--- a/src/cript/api/api.py
+++ b/src/cript/api/api.py
@@ -868,6 +868,8 @@ def upload_file(self, file_path: Union[Path, str]) -> str:
         # upload file to AWS S3
         self._s3_client.upload_file(Filename=file_path, Bucket=self._BUCKET_NAME, Key=object_name)  # type: ignore
 
+        self.logger.info(f"Uploaded file: '{file_path}' to CRIPT storage")
+
         # return the object_name within AWS S3 for easy retrieval
         return object_name