diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index a99916fd4..a87dc975a 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ export const createApp = (): {
 }
 
 const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
+  console.log('starting with log levels', config.syslog.levels)
   // If creating the DB entities fails, we want this to throw
   // so the container will be restarted and not come online
   // as healthy.