diff --git a/lib/plugins/influxdb/index.js b/lib/plugins/influxdb/index.js
index 91d62660f..9d62b0a06 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/influxdb/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/influxdb/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ let path = require('path'),
   throwIfMissing = require('../../support/util').throwIfMissing,
   isEmpty = require('../../support/util').isEmpty,
   filterRegistry = require('../../support/filterRegistry'),
+  log = require('intel'),
   Sender = require('./sender'),
   DataGenerator = require('./data-generator');
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   open(context, options) {
     throwIfMissing(options.influxdb, ['host', 'database'], 'influxdb');
+    log.info('Setup InfluxDB host %s and database %s', options.influxdb.host, options.influxdb.database);
 
     const opts = options.influxdb;
     this.sender = new Sender(opts);
diff --git a/lib/plugins/slack/index.js b/lib/plugins/slack/index.js
index b3d14a1a8..0eb235b96 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/slack/index.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/slack/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ let throwIfMissing = require('../../support/util').throwIfMissing,
   Promise = require('bluebird'),
   path = require('path'),
   util = require('util'),
+  log = require('intel'),
   merge = require('lodash.merge'),
   Slack = require('node-slack');
 
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ module.exports = {
     if (errors.length > 0)
       text += util.format(' (%d) errors', errors.length);
 
+    log.debug('Sending message to Slack channel %s and username %s', options.channel, options.userName);
+    
     return slack.sendAsync({
       text: text,
       channel: options.channel,