diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index a29262dde..9b8d3e3aa 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -210,5 +210,6 @@ long config_long(char *var, char *val) {
 }
 
 void config_parse(char *filename) {
+    debug("loading configuration from %s", filename);
     parse_config_file(filename, NULL);
 }