diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b02b6a35..ee3c40d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 4.2.3 (unreleased)
+- [PR #389](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/389): Log Store directory path on startup.
+
 ## 4.2.2 (December 7th 2017)
 - [PR #383](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/383): Fix unit tests after underlying SQLite master table changes.
 - [PR #384](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/384): "status" perm required to access Go runtime information.
diff --git a/store/store.go b/store/store.go
index 83f4cd1f..da2a7e4e 100644
--- a/store/store.go
+++ b/store/store.go
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ func New(c *StoreConfig) *Store {
 // Open opens the store. If enableSingle is set, and there are no existing peers,
 // then this node becomes the first node, and therefore leader, of the cluster.
 func (s *Store) Open(enableSingle bool) error {
+	s.logger.Printf("ensuring %s exists", s.raftDir)
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(s.raftDir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}