diff --git a/smart_camera/sc_config.py b/smart_camera/sc_config.py
index d8a3cc6..3ede2be 100644
--- a/smart_camera/sc_config.py
+++ b/smart_camera/sc_config.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ def __init__(self):
         # default config file
         self.config_file = expanduser("~/smart_camera.cnf")
 
+        # print config file location
+        print "config file: %s" % self.config_file
+
         # create the global parser object
         self.parser = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()