diff --git a/upub/cli/src/lib.rs b/upub/cli/src/lib.rs
index 7fe394f5..5cc88b78 100644
--- a/upub/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/upub/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ pub enum CliCommand {
 }
 
 pub async fn run(ctx: upub::Context, command: CliCommand) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+	tracing::info!("running cli task: {command:?}");
 	match command {
 		CliCommand::Faker { count } =>
 			Ok(faker(ctx, count as i64).await?),
diff --git a/upub/routes/src/lib.rs b/upub/routes/src/lib.rs
index c58addb4..d99081c3 100644
--- a/upub/routes/src/lib.rs
+++ b/upub/routes/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ pub async fn serve(ctx: upub::Context, bind: String) -> Result<(), std::io::Erro
 		.mastodon_routes() // no-op if mastodon feature is disabled
 		.with_state(ctx);
 
-	// run our app with hyper, listening locally on port 3000
-	let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(bind).await?;
+	tracing::info!("serving api routes on {bind}");
 
+	let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(bind).await?;
 	axum::serve(listener, router).await?;
 
 	Ok(())
diff --git a/upub/worker/src/lib.rs b/upub/worker/src/lib.rs
index 1021f1a9..7bffa975 100644
--- a/upub/worker/src/lib.rs
+++ b/upub/worker/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub fn spawn(
 ) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<()> {
 	use dispatcher::JobDispatcher;
 	tokio::spawn(async move {
+		tracing::info!("starting worker task");
 		ctx.run(concurrency, poll, filter).await
 	})
 }