diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs
index d12f9996d8..b7aa4dc05e 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/lib.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> ExecutionLayer<T> {
                 .map_err(Error::InvalidJWTSecret)
         } else {
             // Create a new file and write a randomly generated secret to it if file does not exist
+            warn!(log, "No JWT found on disk. Generating"; "path" => %secret_file.display());
             std::fs::File::options()
                 .write(true)
                 .create_new(true)