diff --git a/filesystems/blob/src/main/scala/cromwell/filesystems/blob/BlobFileSystemManager.scala b/filesystems/blob/src/main/scala/cromwell/filesystems/blob/BlobFileSystemManager.scala
index a3e6f33572a..3ebce4db878 100644
--- a/filesystems/blob/src/main/scala/cromwell/filesystems/blob/BlobFileSystemManager.scala
+++ b/filesystems/blob/src/main/scala/cromwell/filesystems/blob/BlobFileSystemManager.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.time.{Duration, Instant, OffsetDateTime}
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import scala.util.{Failure, Success, Try}
 import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.models.StorageAccountKey
+import com.typesafe.scalalogging.LazyLogging
 
 case class FileSystemAPI() {
   def getFileSystem(uri: URI): Try[FileSystem] = Try(FileSystems.getFileSystem(uri))
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ case class BlobFileSystemManager(
     expiryBufferMinutes: Long,
     blobTokenGenerator: BlobTokenGenerator,
     fileSystemAPI: FileSystemAPI = FileSystemAPI(),
-    private val initialExpiration: Option[Instant] = None) {
+    private val initialExpiration: Option[Instant] = None) extends LazyLogging {
   private var expiry: Option[Instant] = initialExpiration
   val buffer: Duration = Duration.of(expiryBufferMinutes, ChronoUnit.MINUTES)
 
@@ -57,10 +58,13 @@ case class BlobFileSystemManager(
       shouldReopenFilesystem match {
         case false => fileSystemAPI.getFileSystem(uri).recoverWith {
           // If no filesystem already exists, this will create a new connection, with the provided configs
-          case _: FileSystemNotFoundException => blobTokenGenerator.generateAccessToken.flatMap(generateFilesystem(uri, container, _))
+          case _: FileSystemNotFoundException =>
+            logger.info(s"Creating new blob filesystem for URI $uri")
+            blobTokenGenerator.generateAccessToken.flatMap(generateFilesystem(uri, container, _))
         }
         // If the token has expired, OR there is no token record, try to close the FS and regenerate
         case true =>
+          logger.info(s"Closing & regenerating token for existing blob filesystem at URI $uri")
           fileSystemAPI.closeFileSystem(uri)
           blobTokenGenerator.generateAccessToken.flatMap(generateFilesystem(uri, container, _))
       }