diff --git a/library/LibUtilities/BasicUtils/FieldIO.cpp b/library/LibUtilities/BasicUtils/FieldIO.cpp
index 1a1b018117247b4faa6dfff046c99e872567c05e..e1c265287f193be2ad5c15b5fd259c4ba25d3fe5 100644
--- a/library/LibUtilities/BasicUtils/FieldIO.cpp
+++ b/library/LibUtilities/BasicUtils/FieldIO.cpp
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ namespace Nektar
             // serial processing just add ending.
             if(nprocs == 1)
             {
+                cout << "Writing: " << specPath << endl;
                 return LibUtilities::PortablePath(specPath);
             }