diff --git a/services/bao-console/src/cmds/pddb.rs b/services/bao-console/src/cmds/pddb.rs
index 578c386f7..9c4398830 100644
--- a/services/bao-console/src/cmds/pddb.rs
+++ b/services/bao-console/src/cmds/pddb.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ pub struct PddbCmd {
     pddb: pddb::Pddb,
 }
 impl PddbCmd {
-    pub fn new() -> Self { PddbCmd { pddb: pddb::Pddb::new() } }
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        let pddb = pddb::Pddb::new();
+        log::info!("PDDB mount result: {:?}", pddb.try_mount());
+        PddbCmd { pddb }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> ShellCmdApi<'a> for PddbCmd {
diff --git a/services/bao-console/src/repl.rs b/services/bao-console/src/repl.rs
index cc7e01aa8..3af2a93bb 100644
--- a/services/bao-console/src/repl.rs
+++ b/services/bao-console/src/repl.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl Repl {
         // side effect our commands
         // take the input and pass it on to the various command parsers, and attach result
         if let Some(local) = &mut self.input {
-            log::trace!("processing line: {}", local);
+            println!("[console] {}", local);
             if let Some(res) = self.env.dispatch(Some(local), None).expect("command dispatch failed") {
                 println!("{}", res);
             }