diff --git a/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index e365a6ec0..8cd7320b1 100755
--- a/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/linkwarden/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ if [[ "$DATABASE_URL" == *"localhost"* ]]; then
    echo "configure database"
     postgres /usr/lib/postgresql/*/bin/initdb
   fi
+else
+  echo "... using external database"
 fi
 
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