diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index 15df7e49d..dc9e09681 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ function reconnect(callback) {
             return setTimeout(reconnect.bind(null, callback), 10000);
         }
 
+        debug('reconnect: connected to database');
+
         connection.on('error', function (error) {
             // by design, we catch all normal errors by providing callbacks.
             // this function should be invoked only when we have no callbacks pending and we have a fatal error