diff --git a/src/helpers/datastore.py b/src/helpers/datastore.py
index 45f656b42d0b174ff685a8db856095179b007450..a540d6f864775a2b333ecd544d507f28244b137c 100644
--- a/src/helpers/datastore.py
+++ b/src/helpers/datastore.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __author__ = 'Lukas Leufen'
 __date__ = '2019-11-22'
 
 import inspect
+import logging
 import types
 from abc import ABC
 from functools import wraps
@@ -109,13 +110,14 @@ class AbstractDataStore(ABC):
         """Initialise by creating empty data store."""
         self._store: Dict = {}
 
-    def set(self, name: str, obj: Any, scope: str) -> None:
+    def set(self, name: str, obj: Any, scope: str, log: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Abstract method to add an object to the data store.
 
         :param name: Name of object to store
         :param obj: The object itself to be stored
         :param scope: the scope / context of the object, under that the object is valid
+        :param log: log which objects are stored if enabled (default false)
         """
         pass
 
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ class AbstractDataStore(ABC):
         return args
 
     @CorrectScope
-    def set_from_dict(self, arg_dict: Dict, scope: str) -> None:
+    def set_from_dict(self, arg_dict: Dict, scope: str, log: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Store multiple objects from dictionary under same `scope`.
 
@@ -205,9 +207,10 @@ class AbstractDataStore(ABC):
 
         :param arg_dict: updates for the data store, provided as key value pairs
         :param scope: scope to store updates
+        :param log: log which objects are stored if enabled (default false)
         """
         for (k, v) in arg_dict.items():
-            self.set(k, v, scope)
+            self.set(k, v, scope, log=log)
 
 
 class DataStoreByVariable(AbstractDataStore):
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@ class DataStoreByVariable(AbstractDataStore):
     """
 
     @CorrectScope
-    def set(self, name: str, obj: Any, scope: str) -> None:
+    def set(self, name: str, obj: Any, scope: str, log: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Store an object `obj` with given `name` under `scope`.
 
@@ -241,11 +244,14 @@ class DataStoreByVariable(AbstractDataStore):
         :param name: Name of object to store
         :param obj: The object itself to be stored
         :param scope: the scope / context of the object, under that the object is valid
+        :param log: log which objects are stored if enabled (default false)
         """
         # open new variable related store with `name` as key if not existing
         if name not in self._store.keys():
             self._store[name] = {}
         self._store[name][scope] = obj
+        if log:
+            logging.debug(f"set: {name}({scope})={obj}")
 
     @CorrectScope
     def get(self, name: str, scope: str) -> Any:
@@ -401,7 +407,7 @@ class DataStoreByScope(AbstractDataStore):
     """
 
     @CorrectScope
-    def set(self, name: str, obj: Any, scope: str) -> None:
+    def set(self, name: str, obj: Any, scope: str, log: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Store an object `obj` with given `name` under `scope`.
 
@@ -410,10 +416,13 @@ class DataStoreByScope(AbstractDataStore):
         :param name: Name of object to store
         :param obj: The object itself to be stored
         :param scope: the scope / context of the object, under that the object is valid
+        :param log: log which objects are stored if enabled (default false)
         """
         if scope not in self._store.keys():
             self._store[scope] = {}
         self._store[scope][name] = obj
+        if log:
+            logging.debug(f"set: {name}({scope})={obj}")
 
     @CorrectScope
     def get(self, name: str, scope: str) -> Any:
diff --git a/src/run_modules/model_setup.py b/src/run_modules/model_setup.py
index f0c42dedd1cfe38379badc185324b6c042d72cbd..f5fc1f0fd627120f266b419b150eeb85b62c7389 100644
--- a/src/run_modules/model_setup.py
+++ b/src/run_modules/model_setup.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class ModelSetup(RunEnvironment):
     def get_model_settings(self):
         """Load all model settings and store in data store."""
         model_settings = self.model.get_settings()
-        self.data_store.set_from_dict(model_settings, self.scope)
+        self.data_store.set_from_dict(model_settings, self.scope, log=True)
         self.model_name = self.model_name % self.data_store.get_default("model_name", self.scope, "my_model")
         self.data_store.set("model_name", self.model_name, self.scope)
 
diff --git a/test/test_modules/test_model_setup.py b/test/test_modules/test_model_setup.py
index c4fee1770c3fcb3d4a04a880292173dd7c85144f..24e89772cd2e9ddc4418617e2a622fe325d94b2f 100644
--- a/test/test_modules/test_model_setup.py
+++ b/test/test_modules/test_model_setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class TestModelSetup:
     def setup(self):
         obj = object.__new__(ModelSetup)
         super(ModelSetup, obj).__init__()
-        obj.scope = "general.modeltest"
+        obj.scope = "general.model"
         obj.model = None
         obj.callbacks_name = "placeholder_%s_str.pickle"
         obj.data_store.set("lr_decay", "dummy_str", "general.model")
@@ -58,24 +58,25 @@ class TestModelSetup:
         return set(model_cls.data_store.search_scope(model_cls.scope, current_scope_only=True))
 
     def test_set_callbacks(self, setup):
-        assert "general.modeltest" not in setup.data_store.search_name("callbacks")
+        assert "general.model" not in setup.data_store.search_name("callbacks")
         setup.checkpoint_name = "TestName"
         setup._set_callbacks()
-        assert "general.modeltest" in setup.data_store.search_name("callbacks")
-        callbacks = setup.data_store.get("callbacks", "general.modeltest")
+        assert "general.model" in setup.data_store.search_name("callbacks")
+        callbacks = setup.data_store.get("callbacks", "general.model")
         assert len(callbacks.get_callbacks()) == 3
 
     def test_set_callbacks_no_lr_decay(self, setup):
         setup.data_store.set("lr_decay", None, "general.model")
-        assert "general.modeltest" not in setup.data_store.search_name("callbacks")
+        assert "general.model" not in setup.data_store.search_name("callbacks")
         setup.checkpoint_name = "TestName"
         setup._set_callbacks()
-        callbacks: CallbackHandler = setup.data_store.get("callbacks", "general.modeltest")
+        callbacks: CallbackHandler = setup.data_store.get("callbacks", "general.model")
         assert len(callbacks.get_callbacks()) == 2
         with pytest.raises(IndexError):
             callbacks.get_callback_by_name("lr_decay")
 
     def test_get_model_settings(self, setup_with_model):
+        setup_with_model.scope = "model_test"
         with pytest.raises(EmptyScope):
             self.current_scope_as_set(setup_with_model)  # will fail because scope is not created
         setup_with_model.get_model_settings()  # this saves now the parameters epochs and batch_size into scope