diff --git a/userspace/marsadm b/userspace/marsadm
index 8a91d994..926af457 100755
--- a/userspace/marsadm
+++ b/userspace/marsadm
@@ -2104,6 +2104,7 @@ sub primary_phase0 {
     check_todo($cmd, $res, "fetch", 0, 0);
   }
   my $old = _get_designated_primary($res);
+  lprint "Current designated primary: $old\n";
   if ($cmd eq "primary") {
     check_sync_finished($res, $host) if $host ne $old;
     # also check that other secondaries won't loose their sync primary