diff --git a/apps/backend/src/main.ts b/apps/backend/src/main.ts
index 6cc685e7..16f24427 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/main.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ async function start() {
 
   try {
     await app.listen(port);
+    console.log('Backend started successfully on port ' + port);
 
     checkConfiguration(); // Do this last, so that users will see obvious issues at the end of the startup log without having to scroll up.