diff --git a/arkindex_worker/worker/element.py b/arkindex_worker/worker/element.py
index 95092ee8d3c7a936d11a2b88df4435ce97315ba6..bf263e5c0947d9822def002e15c4d84ff1ee2420 100644
--- a/arkindex_worker/worker/element.py
+++ b/arkindex_worker/worker/element.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class ElementMixin(object):
                     "corpus": corpus.id,
                 },
             )
+            logger.info(f"Created a new element type with slug {element_type.slug}")
 
     def check_required_types(
         self, corpus_id: str, *type_slugs: str, create_missing: bool = False