diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle b/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle
index ffb2bcd64558cbe7e555a7ea34e8dfdb3f0f2959..a63d3f9af4c45e45631a277bea38f8e9b5f17b7f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/build.gradle
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ 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'
     compile group: 'org.apache.zookeeper', name: 'zookeeper', version: '3.6.2'
 }
diff --git a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt
index c8a44751e13f4317a71616ccc3bbae0de8f188b2..a102bcfb045a70ee804dadb2b809e81bbe79290f 100644
--- a/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt
+++ b/theodolite-quarkus/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/Main.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package theodolite
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.QuarkusMain
 import theodolite.execution.TheodoliteExecutor
+import mu.KotlinLogging
 
+private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
 
 @QuarkusMain
 object Main {
@@ -9,5 +11,6 @@ object Main {
     fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         val theodolite = TheodoliteExecutor()
         theodolite.run()
+        logger.info("Application started")
     }
 }