diff --git a/docarray/index/backends/elastic.py b/docarray/index/backends/elastic.py
index 646e23e8cbd..596bf037fb0 100644
--- a/docarray/index/backends/elastic.py
+++ b/docarray/index/backends/elastic.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def __init__(self, db_config=None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(db_config=db_config, **kwargs)
         self._db_config = cast(ElasticDocIndex.DBConfig, self._db_config)
 
+        self._logger.debug('Elastic Search index is being initialized')
+
         # ElasticSearch client creation
         if self._db_config.index_name is None:
             id = uuid.uuid4().hex