diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
index 210732aa2bd31b7f493af263df24cc3e7a56611b..27d867c41a11ee4a6b08e7ffc9df677a3697eced 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/loadFiles.py
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ def loadpath(path, include, exclude, prefix, dryrun, forceAllowSymlinks, caosdbi
         for f in files:
             totalsize += f.size
 
-        print("Made in total {} new files with a combined size of {} "
-              "accessible.".format(len(files), convert_size(totalsize)))
         logger.info("Made in total {} new files with a combined size of {} "
                     "accessible.".format(len(files), convert_size(totalsize)))
 
@@ -249,6 +247,10 @@ exclude is given preference over include.
         raise ValueError(
             "Do not use a localpath and in- or exclude simultaneously!")
 
+    # configure logging
+    logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(stream=sys.stdout))
+    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
     con = db.get_connection()
     con.timeout = float(args.timeout)
     con._login()