diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 7e9dc29..22cf09a 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ const bhttp = require('bhttp');
 
 const reddit = new snoowrap(config.reddit);
 
+function log(msg) {
+    console.log(`${new Date().toISOString()} ${msg}`);
+}
+
 async function getWekanActorNames() {
     const wekanLoginRes = await bhttp.post(`${config.wekan.url}/users/login`, {
 	username: config.wekan.username,
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ async function getWekanActorNames() {
 }
 
 async function init() {
+    log(`Retrieving current configuration from ${config.subreddit}`);
+
     const automodConfig = await reddit.getSubreddit(config.subreddit).getWikiPage('config/automoderator').fetch();
     const automodLines = automodConfig.content_md.split('\n');
     const actorLineIndex = automodLines.findIndex((line) => line.includes(config.actorCommentKey)) + 1;
@@ -55,14 +61,14 @@ async function init() {
 	    reason: 'Synced kanban actor names',
 	});
 
-	console.log(`${new Date().toISOString()} Sync complete, resyncing in ${config.interval} minutes, set ${newActorLine}`);
+	log(`Sync complete, resyncing in ${config.interval} minutes, set ${newActorLine}`);
 
 	setTimeout(() => init(), config.interval * 60 * 1000);
 
 	return;
     }
 
-    console.log(`${new Date().toISOString()} Sync complete, set ${newActorLine}`);
+    log(`Sync complete, set ${newActorLine}`);
 }
 
 init();