diff --git a/cron.sh b/cron.sh
index 08788e2..9590713 100755
--- a/cron.sh
+++ b/cron.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+date >> cron.log
+echo "cronjob started!" >> cron.log
+echo "" > cron.log
+
 # This will dump all the pads with a __PUBLISH__ tag into a folder "publish" as meta.json, txt, html and dhtml
 /usr/local/bin/etherdump pull --all --meta --text --dhtml --publish __PUBLISH__ --publish-opt-in --pub publish --fix-names --no-raw-ext