diff --git a/src/bluesearch/database/topic.py b/src/bluesearch/database/topic.py
index c0d714411..a17bcbfe8 100644
--- a/src/bluesearch/database/topic.py
+++ b/src/bluesearch/database/topic.py
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ def get_topics_for_arxiv_articles(
     ids = list(id_2_path.keys())
     article_topics = {}
     for i_start in range(0, len(ids), batch_size):
+        logger.info(
+            f"Processing batch {i_start//batch_size} out of {len(ids)//batch_size}"
+        )
         # Get a slice of arXiv ids
         i_end = i_start + batch_size
         id_list = ids[i_start:i_end]
@@ -368,6 +371,7 @@ def get_topics_for_arxiv_articles(
             "id_list": ",".join(id_list),
             "max_results": str(batch_size),
         }
+        logger.debug(f"Requesting topic info on arxiv ids: {id_list}")
         res = requests.get(base_url, params)
         res.raise_for_status()