diff --git a/src/app/application.cpp b/src/app/application.cpp
index b244bc4f5..ef6ef9725 100644
--- a/src/app/application.cpp
+++ b/src/app/application.cpp
@@ -810,6 +810,8 @@ void Application::cleanup()
     if (!m_isCleanupRun.testAndSetAcquire(0, 1))
         return;
 
+    LogMsg(tr("qBittorrent termination initiated"));
+
 #ifndef DISABLE_GUI
     if (m_window)
     {
@@ -854,6 +856,7 @@ void Application::cleanup()
     SearchPluginManager::freeInstance();
     Utils::Fs::removeDirRecursively(Utils::Fs::tempPath());
 
+    LogMsg(tr("qBittorrent is now ready to exit"));
     Logger::freeInstance();
     delete m_fileLogger;