diff --git a/libraries/chain/block_log.cpp b/libraries/chain/block_log.cpp
index 1c06422c0a7..0f7169b32b8 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/block_log.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/block_log.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ namespace eosio { namespace chain {
       while( pos < end_pos ) {
          fc::raw::unpack(my->block_stream, tmp);
          my->block_stream.read((char*)&pos, sizeof(pos));
+         if(tmp.block_num() % 1000 == 0)
+            ilog( "Block log index reconstructed for block ${n}", ("n", tmp.block_num()));
          my->index_stream.write((char*)&pos, sizeof(pos));
       }
    } // construct_index
@@ -468,6 +470,8 @@ namespace eosio { namespace chain {
          new_block_stream.write( data.data(), data.size() );
          new_block_stream.write( reinterpret_cast<char*>(&pos), sizeof(pos) );
          block_num = tmp.block_num();
+         if(block_num % 1000 == 0)
+            ilog( "Recovered block ${num}", ("num", block_num) );
          pos = new_block_stream.tellp();
          if( block_num == truncate_at_block )
             break;