diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
index 784a4f161d..215d4bf213 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_rop.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class ExtractROP(plugin.HoudiniExtractorPlugin):
         )
         ext = ext.lstrip(".")
 
+        self.log.debug(f"Rendering {rop_node.path()} to {first_file}..")
+
         render_rop(rop_node)
         self.validate_expected_frames(instance)