diff --git a/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/ExtractAlignedFastq.scala b/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/ExtractAlignedFastq.scala
index a740143eac8b5d5abab68d84c68103044de9f789..c232f9ca03beff7393bc8d3bb0bdaeac8e0217ce 100644
--- a/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/ExtractAlignedFastq.scala
+++ b/biopet-framework/src/main/scala/nl/lumc/sasc/biopet/tools/ExtractAlignedFastq.scala
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ object ExtractAlignedFastq extends ToolCommand {
       case (x, y)       => new BasicFastqWriter(outputFastq2)
     }
 
+    logger.info("Writing output file(s) ...")
     // zip, filter based on function, and write to output file(s)
     i1.zip(i2)
       .filter((rec) => memFunc(rec._1, rec._2))