diff --git a/lib/workers/package-file/index.js b/lib/workers/package-file/index.js
index 0ab892f099303a4ee1eeeb65ab16b850182b08fb..b26fb31397e03dadf062c77a8c3d4ebe08edc604 100644
--- a/lib/workers/package-file/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/package-file/index.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ async function renovatePackageFile(packageFileConfig) {
   });
   logger.debug('renovatePakageFile()');
   if (config.npmrc) {
+    logger.debug('Setting .npmrc');
     npmApi.setNpmrc(config.npmrc);
   }
   let upgrades = [];