diff --git a/toargridding/toar_rest_client.py b/toargridding/toar_rest_client.py
index 1ed3a57ff0be96a5bd30758e71cf4eacffaef3f6..7bd52a22569c3636b3c4a9857270f2676cf7b2bc 100644
--- a/toargridding/toar_rest_client.py
+++ b/toargridding/toar_rest_client.py
@@ -443,9 +443,12 @@ class AnalysisServiceDownload(AnalysisService):
         needs_fresh_download = (not self.use_downloaded) or (not filename.is_file())
 
         if needs_fresh_download:
+            print("Performing request to TOAR DB")
             response = self.connection.get(query_options)
             with open(filename, "w+b") as downloaded_file:
                 downloaded_file.write(response.content)
+        else:
+            print(f"Loading already downloaded data from {filename}")
 
         with open(filename, "r+b") as data_file:
             content = data_file.read()