diff --git a/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js b/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
index 05e14705..3907df79 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/APIHandler.js
@@ -22,19 +22,24 @@
 var ERR = require("async-stacktrace");
 var fs = require("fs");
 var api = require("../db/API");
+var log4js = require('log4js');
 var padManager = require("../db/PadManager");
 var randomString = require("../utils/randomstring");
 var argv = require('../utils/Cli').argv;
 
+var apiHandlerLogger = log4js.getLogger('APIHandler');
+
 //ensure we have an apikey
 var apikey = null;
 var apikeyFilename = argv.apikey || "./APIKEY.txt";
 try
 {
   apikey = fs.readFileSync(apikeyFilename,"utf8");
+  apiHandlerLogger.info(`Api key file read from: "${apikeyFilename}"`);
 }
 catch(e)
 {
+  apiHandlerLogger.info(`Api key file "${apikeyFilename}" not found. Creating with random contents.`);
   apikey = randomString(32);
   fs.writeFileSync(apikeyFilename,apikey,"utf8");
 }
diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index 7bbfc6d0..4168ea82 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -358,15 +358,18 @@ exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
   try{
     //read the settings sync
     settingsStr = fs.readFileSync(settingsFilename).toString();
+    console.info(`Settings loaded from: ${settingsFilename}`);
   } catch(e){
-    console.warn('No settings file found. Continuing using defaults!');
+    console.warn(`No settings file found in ${settingsFilename}. Continuing using defaults!`);
   }
 
   try{
     //read the credentials sync
     credentialsStr = fs.readFileSync(credentialsFilename).toString();
+    console.info(`Credentials file read from: ${credentialsFilename}`);
   } catch(e){
     // Doesn't matter if no credentials file found..
+    console.info(`No credentials file found in ${credentialsFilename}. Ignoring.`);
   }
 
   // try to parse the settings
@@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
       settings = JSON.parse(settingsStr);
     }
   }catch(e){
-    console.error('There was an error processing your settings.json file: '+e.message);
+    console.error(`There was an error processing your settings file from ${settingsFilename}:` + e.message);
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -479,7 +482,9 @@ exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
     var sessionkeyFilename = argv.sessionkey || "./SESSIONKEY.txt";
     try {
       exports.sessionKey = fs.readFileSync(sessionkeyFilename,"utf8");
+      console.info(`Session key loaded from: ${sessionkeyFilename}`);
     } catch(e) {
+      console.info(`Session key file "${sessionkeyFilename}" not found. Creating with random contents.`);
       exports.sessionKey = randomString(32);
       fs.writeFileSync(sessionkeyFilename,exports.sessionKey,"utf8");
     }