diff --git a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/Simulation.cpp b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/Simulation.cpp
index e3beabaf93061791d8493153d96a6eda3478f71e..ffdd5fb81127c8ac4e6676cd5c3c279621fd0461 100644
--- a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/Simulation.cpp
+++ b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/Simulation.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ void Simulation::initializeDataStructures(
     bool const nonfatal, std::string const& outdir, std::string const& mesh_dir,
     bool const write_prj)
 {
+    INFO("Reading project file {}.",
+         std::filesystem::absolute(project).string());
+
     std::stringstream prj_stream;
     BaseLib::prepareProjectFile(prj_stream, project, xml_patch_file_names,
                                 write_prj, outdir);