diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/model_modules/video_prediction/utils/tf_utils.py b/video_prediction_tools/model_modules/video_prediction/utils/tf_utils.py
index 7a1da880defb61dbd018c6f11ee14c34cf0ce43e..415275e8f909560cab725ecae38bb37a01809244 100644
--- a/video_prediction_tools/model_modules/video_prediction/utils/tf_utils.py
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/model_modules/video_prediction/utils/tf_utils.py
@@ -526,10 +526,14 @@ def reduce_tensors(structures, shallow=False):
 
 def get_checkpoint_restore_saver(checkpoint, var_list=None, skip_global_step=False, restore_to_checkpoint_mapping=None):
 
+    method = get_checkpoint_restore_saver.__name__
 
     if os.path.isdir(checkpoint):
         # latest_checkpoint doesn't work when the path has special characters
         checkpoint = tf.train.latest_checkpoint(checkpoint)
+    # print name of checkpoint-file for verbosity
+    print("%{0}: The follwoing checkpoint is used for restoring the model: '{1}'".format(method, checkpoint))
+    # Start processing the checkpoint
     checkpoint_reader = tf.pywrap_tensorflow.NewCheckpointReader(checkpoint)
     checkpoint_var_names = checkpoint_reader.get_variable_to_shape_map().keys()
     restore_to_checkpoint_mapping = restore_to_checkpoint_mapping or (lambda name, _: name.split(':')[0])