diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle b/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle
index c8f624306fa83b764d26248874f42cc074abf720..0fb5c91d9a2ca067a8dda3ff745a41196d3b2c27 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'io.quarkus:quarkus-junit5'
     testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured'
 
-
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.29'
+    implementation 'io.github.microutils:kotlin-logging:1.12.0'
     implementation 'io.fabric8:kubernetes-client:5.0.0-alpha-2'
     //implementation 'com.fkorotkov:kubernetes-dsl:2.8.1'
     compile group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '2.7.0'
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt
index 2c72b044b206b78878fee63adbf8b581d4494350..3311d15d7e8b38340f45cf59a792e367be0d4872 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package theodolite
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
-
+import mu.KotlinLogging
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 @QuarkusMain
 object Main {
     @JvmStatic
     fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+        logger.info("Application started")
+
         //Quarkus.run()
     }
 }