diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/logger.rb b/lib/vmpooler/logger.rb
index 2c707562d..f4812465e 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/logger.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ def log(_level, string)
       time = Time.new
       stamp = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
 
+      puts "[#{stamp}] #{string}" if ENV['VMPOOLER_DEBUG']
+
       open(@file, 'a') do |f|
         f.puts "[#{stamp}] #{string}"
       end