diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMesh.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMesh.java
index fefa4a5e..f8779651 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMesh.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMesh.java
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ boolean isLeader() {
     @Override
     protected boolean isReady() {
         if (abortStartup) {
+            logger.info("Returning NOT READY to readiness probe due to unexpected model loading failures");
             return false;
         }
         // called only post-initialization