diff --git a/src/readdepth.cpp b/src/readdepth.cpp
index 0176ca8..b637092 100644
--- a/src/readdepth.cpp
+++ b/src/readdepth.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ void ReadDepth::prepAfterHeaderParsing(seqan::BamHeader& header, seqan::BamFileI
         std::sort(backgroundDepth.begin(), backgroundDepth.end(), [](auto &left, auto &right) {return left < right;} );
         double medianDepth = MID_ELEMENT(backgroundDepth);
         this->setMedianDepth( medianDepth );
+
+        printMessage("Depth median for long reads: " + std::to_string(medianDepth))
     }
 }