diff --git a/install/web.js b/install/web.js
index 0c7fb2521f..557fcef862 100644
--- a/install/web.js
+++ b/install/web.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ web.install = function(port) {
 	app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '../src/views'));
 	app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
 		extended: true
-	})); 
+	}));
 
 	async.parallel([compileLess, compileJS], function() {
 		setupRoutes();
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ function install(req, res) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	winston.info('running nodebb setup with env ', process.env);
+
 	var child = require('child_process').fork('app', ['--setup'], {
 		env: process.env
 	});
@@ -107,10 +109,10 @@ function launch(req, res) {
 	process.stdout.write('    "./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server\n');
 	process.stdout.write('    "./nodebb log" to view server output\n');
 	process.stdout.write('    "./nodebb restart" to restart NodeBB\n');
-	
+
 	child.unref();
 	process.exit(0);
-	
+
 }
 
 function compileLess(callback) {
diff --git a/src/install.js b/src/install.js
index caafcbfacc..b8526b6521 100644
--- a/src/install.js
+++ b/src/install.js
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ function enableDefaultPlugins(next) {
 		],
 		customDefaults = nconf.get('defaultPlugins');
 
+	winston.info('[install/defaultPlugins] customDefaults', customDefaults);
+
 	if (customDefaults && customDefaults.length) {
 		try {
 			customDefaults = JSON.parse(customDefaults);
@@ -502,6 +504,8 @@ function enableDefaultPlugins(next) {
 		return array.indexOf(plugin) === index;
 	});
 
+	winston.info('[install/enableDefaultPlugins] activating default plugins', defaultEnabled);
+
 	var db = require('./database');
 	var order = defaultEnabled.map(function(plugin, index) {
 		return index;