diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
index e0d2d28d0..7c29b4ab6 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_ml/face_ml_service.dart
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ class FaceMlService {
           }
           canRunMLController = event.shouldRun;
           if (canRunMLController) {
+            _logger.info("MLController allowed running ML, faces indexing starting");
             unawaited(indexAndClusterAll());
           } else {
+            _logger.info("MLController stopped running ML, faces indexing paused");
             pauseIndexing();
           }
         });