diff --git a/backend/app/core/config.py b/backend/app/core/config.py
index bab6b88..34e508c 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/config.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 from functools import lru_cache
+import logging
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 class Settings(BaseSettings):
     # LLM access
@@ -41,4 +44,6 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
 
 @lru_cache
 def get_settings() -> Settings:
-    return Settings()
+    s = Settings()
+    logger.info("Settings loaded: llm_model=%s  embedding_model=%s", s.llm_model_name, s.embedding_model)
+    return s