diff --git a/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js b/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js
index 82fd78e43..d9cd251ad 100644
--- a/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js
+++ b/lib/storage/data/DataWrapper.js
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ class DataWrapper {
             // provide dataRetrievalInfo so no need to construct here
             /* eslint-disable no-param-reassign */
             keyContext.cipherBundle = cipherBundle;
+            log.info('client is multipleBackends, sending put request', this.client);
             return this.client.put(hashedStream, valueSize, keyContext,
                 backendInfo, log.getSerializedUids(), (err, dataRetrievalInfo) => {
                     if (err) {