diff --git a/operator/src/controller.rs b/operator/src/controller.rs
index 429dffa..149e7c0 100644
--- a/operator/src/controller.rs
+++ b/operator/src/controller.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use kube::{
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
-use tracing::error;
+use tracing::{error, info};
 
 use crate::{
     gateway::{handle_reference_grant, handle_tls_route},
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ fn error_policy(crd: Arc<CardanoNodePort>, err: &Error, ctx: Arc<Context>) -> Ac
 }
 
 pub async fn run(state: Arc<State>) {
+    info!("listening crds running");
+
     let client = Client::try_default()
         .await
         .expect("failed to create kube client");
diff --git a/operator/src/main.rs b/operator/src/main.rs
index b0fefb4..c461332 100644
--- a/operator/src/main.rs
+++ b/operator/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use actix_web::{
 use dotenv::dotenv;
 use prometheus::{Encoder, TextEncoder};
 use std::{io, sync::Arc};
-use tracing::Level;
+use tracing::{info, Level};
 
 use ext_cardano_node::{controller, metrics as metrics_collector, State};
 
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
             .service(health)
             .service(metrics)
     })
-    .bind(addr)?;
+    .bind(&addr)?;
+    info!({ addr }, "metrics server running");
 
     tokio::join!(server.run(), controller, metrics_collector).0?;
 
diff --git a/operator/src/metrics.rs b/operator/src/metrics.rs
index 2647cff..7d837c3 100644
--- a/operator/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/operator/src/metrics.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use kube::ResourceExt;
 use prometheus::{opts, IntCounterVec, Registry};
+use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::{CardanoNodePort, Error, State};
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ impl Metrics {
 }
 
 pub async fn run_metrics_collector(_state: Arc<State>) {
+    info!("collecting metrics running");
+
     tokio::spawn(async {
         loop {
             tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(6)).await;